India, Aug. 23 -- Politics is heating up over allegations of mass burials and disappearances of women in Karnataka's Dharmasthala, with the BJP targeting the Congress-led state government over the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe, and the state accusing the BJP of politcising the issue.

BJP state president B Y Vijayendra on Friday lashed out at Congress, alleging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar were running around wearing masks, reportedly alleging that the probe was ordered under pressure from Leftist forces.

"We welcomed the investigation. The Chief Minister imagined that by digging pits, some big scandal would be unearthed. But even after digging 15-16 pits, they found nothing," he was quote...