Bengaluru, Aug. 20 -- In a first, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade reacts to series of allegations

Amid the ongoing Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the allegations of sexual abuse and murder of victims at Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district, famously known as 'Dharmasthala Mass Burials,' Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade has finally broken his silence.

For the first time, Dr. Heggade, has clarified his stance over the infamous Sowjanya rape and murder case, alleged serial murders that have occurred in the last decades at Dharmasthala and surroundings, rape and the burial of hundreds of bodies, that have hit the headlines.

"The streams of media reports are baseless and full of lies ...