Dharmasthala case: Sujata Bhat does a U-turn on lacking daughter

Amid the continued SIT probe in Dharmasthala on alleged suspicious deaths and burials, Sujata Bhat, who had earlier claimed that her daughter, Ananya Bhat, went lacking after a visit to Dharmasthala in 2003, has now acknowledged that she by no means had a daughter. She stated she had made a false criticism, on the instigation of Girish Mattannavar, Jayanth T. and others.

In an interview to a YouTube channel InsightRush, Ms. Bhat claimed she by no means had a daughter. “I had a grouse that my grandfather’s ancestral property was given away with out my signature. All I needed to ask was that. Girish Mattannavar and others provoked me and made me declare that my daughter had gone lacking in Dharmasthala,” she stated, apologising to the folks for making false claims.

“I additionally had a grouse that our God was given away to Jains. Just a few months in the past, Girish Mattannavar met me and stated he would stand by me. They haven’t given me any cash. I didn’t know my criticism would blow up this massive,” she informed the YouTube channel, in an interview on Friday. She additionally clarified that the photograph she had not too long ago proven to the media claiming to be that of her daughter was additionally pretend.

Sources stated the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that had been given cost of the case not too long ago, had served a discover on Ms. Bhat to look earlier than them. Police had already discovered that a number of claims made by Ms. Bhat — that Ananya Bhat was finding out at Kasturba Medical College in 2003 when she went lacking and that she was then working on the CBI workplace, Kolkata — was false.

With this U-turn by Ms. Bhat, allegations of a “conspiracy” to defame Dharmasthala, by BJP and even Deputy Chief Minister D. Okay. Shivakumar, are anticipated to get louder.