Bengaluru, July 22 -- The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations that land belonging to Dalits was illegally occupied by the Art of Living Foundation.

The Regional Commissioner of the Bengaluru Division will head the investigation. Announcing the decision at Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday, July 21, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said the government acted after receiving complaints from Dalit organisations and members of the public alleging that around 150 acres of Dalit land had been illegally taken over by the organisation led by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

"The government has constituted an SIT under the Bengaluru Regional Commissioner to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into t...