Women wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi in the Dharmasthala case, demanding justice; CM Siddaramaiah refused NIA investigation:

News Topical, Digital Desk : A group of women celebrities from various fields, including actress Arundhati Nag, filmmakers Kavita Lankesh and Suman Kittur, writer Vijayamma, Akkai Padmashali, have written a letter to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanding justice in the Dharmasthala case.

The letter urges to ensure that the investigation of unsolved crimes in Dharmasthala should be completely focused on providing justice to women and other victims. For this, a campaign called Kondavaru Yaru? Who killed the women in Dharmasthala? is being run in Karnataka.

Investigation continues in Dharmasthala case

The aim of this campaign is to focus attention on the issue of justice for the victims by a group of women and to eliminate the deep conspiracy that perpetuates such violence against women. Unfortunately, within a few weeks of the investigation, the case has become a subject of political spectacle.

50 female celebrities wrote a letter

As a result, what was supposed to be truth and accountability has turned into an attempt to bury justice. A copy of the letter signed by 50 female celebrities was shared with some media houses on September 5.

Siddaramaiah rejects demand for probe by anti-terror agency in Dharmasthala case

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday weakened the demand for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials at Dharmasthala, saying the state police was already probing the matter through a Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The Chief Minister was responding to questions related to Hindu and Jain saints meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanding an NIA probe into the case. "We have formed the SIT, they are the police. Who is in the NIA? They are also the police," Siddaramaiah told reporters.

The opposition BJP and JD(S) have also demanded an NIA probe, hitting out at the Congress government over its handling of the case. They alleged a conspiracy behind the "smear campaign" against the shrine and the local Hindu temple.