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Anatomy of anti-Hindu propaganda: How Prakash Raj orchestrated the Dharmasthala hoax, defaming Hindus, tutored sanitation work to lie in exchange for hug

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The sanitation worker has moved Karnataka High Court seeking action, stating that Prakash Raj told him to follow instructions, while conspirators offered Rs 50 lakh and used intimidation to push false statements.
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Karnataka HC directs Congress govt to submit police investigation report after no ‘mass burial’ was found in Dharmasthala: Details

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In December 2025, the SIT submitted a complaint report before a court saying that the whole case was fabricated.
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SIT finds Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ case fabricated, submits report before court naming 6 ‘activists’ as accused

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The SIT also named six individuals Chinnayya (A1), Mahesh Shetty Timrodi, Girish Mattannanavar, Jayanth, Vitthal Gowda, and Sujatha Bhatt, as accused. It also sought more time to conclude the investigation. The SIT, in its preliminary probe gave a clean chit to the Dharmasthala authorities.
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SIT files report against ‘activists’ who fuelled the Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ hoax: Details

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The SIT report names the sanitation worker, who was the first to fuel the hoax about mass burials in the temple town. Besides him, formal charges were filed against 5 other 'activists'. hey include Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, Girish Mattannavar, Vittal Gowda, Jayant T, and Sujatha Gowda.
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Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ hoax: ‘Activists’ who earlier campaigned for FIR registration in the case move the Karnataka High Court to quash it

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Once the investigation begn focusing on the role of the 4 'activists', they quickly went to the Karnataka High Court to have the entire case thrown out.
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Weeks after the Dharmasthala hit job, The News Minute editor Dhanya Rajendran gets nominated for Soros-backed award: The curious case of Reporters Without Borders

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Dhanya Rajendran’s RSF nomination, coming weeks after her outlet’s Dharmasthala hoax, exposes how Soros-linked media networks reward propaganda that maligns Hindu institutions under the guise of “press freedom.”
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Dharmashtala false mass burial case: Woman who said she never had a daughter named Ananya Bhat, now says a YouTuber pressured her to say...

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The Dharmasthala “mass burial” case took another twist after Sujata Bhat changed her statement again, now claiming she was forced to deny having a daughter.
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Dharmasthala: Woman accepts giving fake testimony about ‘missing daughter’, fuelled conspiracy theory of ‘mass burial’ at the behest of 2 activists

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Sujatha Bhat had previously claimed that her 'daughter', Ananya Bhat, went missing in Dharmashtala in May 2003. She had alleged that the non-existent Ananya was an 18-year-old medical student who disappeared from the temple area.
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Dharmasthala ‘Mass Burial’ allegations turn out to be a big hoax as nothing found after digging 17 places, politics heats up on the issue...

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As the so-called mass burial at Dharmasthala in Karnataka is turning out to be a big hoax, politics have heated up on the issue in the state
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6 sites searched, no skeletons of any woman yet: Suspected attempt to defame the temple town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka is slowly falling apart

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No human remains have been unearthed by the SIT at the sites pointed out by the sanitation worker, who claimed to have conducted mass burials.
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