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Rape, murder and secret burials: Temple worker’s chilling confession shakes holy town

IN FOCUS: Mystery whistleblower alleges decades of systematic sexual abuse and murder of women and girls in south Indian temple town, exposing a sinister story no one was looking for, Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK

How an Indian temple town is at the centre of hundreds of alleged murders

An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.

Al Jazeera

After sexual harassment FIR, Nagaland IAS officer’s bizarre defence: ‘Targeted for not aiding coup plan’

Days after being slapped with a police case over allegations of sexually harassing multiple female colleagues, a Nagaland IAS officer has made a bizarre claim that he is being “framed” for refusing to back a purported plan to destabilise the state government.

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TN SIT’s FIR probe turns personal: Journalists asked about families, assets and foreign travel

The Madras High Court on Tuesday, February 4, criticised the nature of a questionnaire given to four journalists by a Special Investigation Team investigating the Anna University sexual assault case. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan questioned why the personal details of the journalists were being collected when it was the police who…

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Supreme Court declines to order SIT or CBI probe in Adani-Hindenburg row

In a relief to the Adani group of companies, the Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to transfer the probe from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or CBI into the Adani-Hindenburg issue over allegations of stock price manipulation by the Indian corporate giant.…

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Balasore train accident | 12 Opposition parties demand SC-monitored SIT

The train accident reiterated the fact as to how insecure the railway passengers were and the jeopardy the railway system was in. Read more on The Hindu

The Hindu

Maharashtra govt. constitutes SIT to probe Nashik temple incident

Devendra Fandanvis, the deputy chief minister, gave the order on Tuesday to form a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the May 13 incident in which numerous individuals attempted to force their way into the Trimbakeshwar Temple. The Nashik police have also filed a FIR in this case. Police…

The Hindu

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Supreme Court to hear plea for SIT into Manipur clashes on May 8

A Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled on May 8 to hear a petition filed by a Delhi-based body for Manipur tribal communities seeking the constitution of a Special Investigation Team to investigate the attacks and violence which has gripped the northeastern State.

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