Powertrip: Burials, backlash, and a lawsuit withdrawn in the Dharmasthala puzzle
This week, we tell you about the different entanglements related to the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations – from the Karnataka Congress government’s hesitation in acting to media developments to hiccups in the SIT.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, Shabbir Ahmed and Shivani Kava. In this week’s newsletter, we unravel the many layers of the Dharmasthala tangle. A startling police complaint about mass burials has put the Congress government in a bind, with internal hesitations delaying action. As an SIT finally begins its work, one of its key officers wants out. The media is split – some reporting, others in denial, and a few running what the complainant’s lawyers call a cover-up campaign. A major national news channel that had reported aggressively from the ground was named in a court case filed by the Dharmasthala family, only for the case to be strangely withdrawn later. We bring you all the details.
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