India, Aug. 23 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating allegations of mass burials in Dharmasthala has arrested the complainant in the case after a forensic report contradicted his sworn statement.

The 48-year-old sanitation worker was taken into custody on Saturday, a day after his protection under the Witness Protection Scheme was withdrawn. He has been charged with perjury.

Investigators said the arrest followed a forensic report that contradicted his sworn statement before a Belthangady magistrate on July 11. At the time, he presented a skull and bones, claiming they belonged to a woman who had been sexually assaulted.

"The analysis later confirmed the remains were of a man. The material he produced did not match his ...