New Delhi, July 31 -- In a major development in the Karnataka's mass burial case, partial skeletal remains were discovered at site number 6 in Dharmasthala during the exhumation process. This is the first site in the ongoing investigation to reveal such evidence.

Security has been tightened in Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district, amid concerns over witness safety and possible tampering of evidence.

The case stems from the testimony of the former sanitation worker, whose identity remains undisclosed, who alleged that between 1995 and 2014 he was coerced into burying several bodies in Dharmasthala-some of which, he claimed, showed signs of sexual violence.

On Tuesday, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) began exhuming suspected huma...