Bengaluru, July 22 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said the government will take further steps in the Dharmasthala case after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) completes its probe and submits its report.

"On Dharmasthala issue, as per the demand of so many people, we have constituted an SIT (Special Investigation Team). SIT will definitely investigate and submit a report to the government. Once the report is submitted to the government, we will see what we can do about it," Parameshwara told ANI.

The state government on Sunday issued an order to form an SIT to investigate alleged incidents of mass murder, mass rape and mass burial in Dharmasthala, a temple town in Dakshina Kannada district.

The decision followed ...