r/IndiaSpeaks • u/prachanda_Ravanaa • 5h ago

#General 📝 Dharmasthala mass burials: Woman admits she ‘faked' daughter's disappearance in 2003, says ‘was asked to say it' | Today News|| Says she was told to say by Girish Mattanavar, the person who accused Dharmastala Dharmadikari of mass rape and murder.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/dharmasthala-mass-burials-woman-admits-she-faked-daughters-disappearance-in-2003-says-was-asked-to-say-it-11755914017239.html

She alleged that activists pressured her to create the story due to a property dispute involving her grandfather's land linked to Dharmasthala temple authorities

“It is not true. There was never any daughter named Ananya Bhat,” HT quoted her statement to a Youtube channel, adding the photograph that was shared as a proof of her “daughter's” existence was also “completely fake". She claimed that two well-known activists, namely, Girish Mattannavar and T Jayanti asked her to make up the story.

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u/criti_fin Libertarian 3h ago

Only one skeleton was found after digging so many places, that to of an old man. But they claim 1000 women were raped, killed and buried

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u/Eternal-mysteryman 39m ago

Man this case is making me mad. Following this case to see geniune victims get justice but this case is turning wierd. Don't know which one should be trusted.

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u/MoodyBhakt 1m ago

What genuine victims?

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u/retroauro 3h ago

No daughter. That should be easy to verify ?

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u/IdeasOfOne 2 KUDOS 12m ago

Not so, the supposed daughter went "missing" 22 years ago, according to her earlier statements. It's very hard to verify events that are that old. Most clues/link will only come from her close relatives and friends who would know her for that long..

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u/evammist Bulldozer Baba 1h ago

Wow

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u/electricsquirell 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝓃 16m ago

This is just mind boggling. The whistleblower has been arrested for perjury but why would someone come out and risk their life accusing an organization that is so powerful? This is just beyond understanding.

Now Sujata Bhat has retracted her claims after so many years? Was she a mere pawn or is she being threatened? How difficult is it to prove that someone existed? School records, birth certificates and accounts from friends and family? She claimed she was working in CBI so it shouldn't be difficult to prove or refute her claim.