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Mangaluru: An individual, who had confessed to the police about his involvement in the burial of bodies and claimed knowledge about many heinous crimes in the Dharmasthala village in Karnataka on Friday produced skeletal remains as proof.
Dakshina Kannada SP Dr Arun K said that the man claimed to have exhumed the remains himself, and the remains were seized by police.
The SP added that witness protection had been approved by relevant authorities for the individual, but added that the press note and the FIR copy circulated in public platforms (which had age, nature, duration, place of work etc.) have already led to locals narrowing down on the identity of the man.
Despite this, it has been decided to keep his identity undisclosed for all official purposes. A separate inquiry has been initiated in this regard by DSP, Bantwal.