India, Aug. 23 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday confirmed the arrest of the complainant, who had alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala over the past two decades.

The minister said that the SIT is likely to continue its investigation based on the statements given by the complainant.

Parameshwara further said that no conclusion could be drawn till the SIT completes the probe in the Dharmasthala mass burials case.

The 50-year-old complainant in the case, who has been identified as CN Chinnaiah, has been arrested by the SIT and remanded to custody for 10 days.

The complainant, who is a former sanitation worker, claimed he had worked in Dharmasthala between 1995 and 2014. He was quesrtioned by SIT chief Pranab Mohanty a...