India, Sept. 19 -- A chilling discovery near Banglegudda, a 12-acre forested area close to Dharmasthala and adjacent to the Nethravathi River, has breathed new life into an eight-year-old missing person case.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered seven human skulls and multiple skeletal remains during a two-day search. On the first day, five skulls were found, and two more were recovered yesterday before the team halted further operations.

Among the remains, investigators found an old identity card belonging to Uluvagada B. Aiyappa, a 71-year-old resident of T. Shettigeri village, Ponnampet taluk, Kodagu, who had been missing since June 2017. This discovery has sparked strong suspicions that one of the skeletal remains coul...