Last Updated:December 10, 2025, 23:32 IST The findings were submitted in a preliminary report filed before the court, which states that Dharmasthala authorities have been given a clean chit at this stage of the probe The final report in the Dharmasthala mass burial case is yet to be filed as some technical evidence is still awaited. (Image: PTI/File) A special investigation team has told a court in Karnataka that the allegations of mass burials in Dharmasthala were founded on false information and deliberate misrepresentation by six individuals. The findings were submitted in a preliminary report filed before the court, which states that Dharmasthala authorities have been given a clean chit at this stage of the investigation. According to the special investigation team (SIT), the six accused are Chinnayya, Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, Girish Mattannanavar, Vittal Gowda, T Jayanth and Sujata Bhatt. The report details their role and involvement in what the SIT said was a coordinated effort to construct false allegations. In its findings, the SIT said Chinnayya was promised money to give false statements regarding …