New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- In a major breakthrough in the Dharmasthala burial site investigation, officials found skeletal remains at one of the locations identified by a key witness.

The remains were found on Thursday, July 31, at a depth of two-three feet at the 6th excavation point near the Nethravathi river.

It is one of the 13 spots where the whistleblower, a former sanitation worker, claimed he had buried many bodies between 1995 and 2014. He said many bodies were buried in Dharmasthala in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

This is the first major discovery since the two-day inspection that began on July 29.

While it is unclear what parts of the skeleton were found, sources told the News Minute that the remains belonged to a ...