India, Aug. 29 -- Sujata Bhat, whose claim about her daughter's disappearance in Dharmasthala fuelled the controversy around the claims on mass burials in the town, has expressed her desire to withdraw her complaint.

Bhat, who was questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala case for the third consecutive day, on Friday expressed her desire to withdraw the complaint during the interrogation, PTI quoted sources as saying.

Bhat had claimed that her daughter Ananya had disappeared from the Dharmasthala temple premises in 2003.

Her claims came after a former sanitation worker, who said he had worked in the town between 1995 and 2014, had alleged that he was forced to bury numerous bodies during his tenure. He...