A lady named Sujatha Bhat who was the primary to lodge a recent police criticism on 15 July concerning her “daughter Ananya Bhat” disappearance in 2003, has now mentioned that the story she informed was “faux and isn’t true”. She alleged that activists pressured her to create the story because of a “property situation”.
“It’s not true. There was by no means any daughter named Ananya Bhat,” HT quoted her assertion to a Youtube channel, including the {photograph} that was shared as a proof of her “daughter’s” existence was additionally “utterly faux”. She claimed that two well-known activists, specifically, Girish Mattannavar and T Jayanti requested her to make up the story.
The case was filed after the whistleblower went public to allege decades-long undocumented burials in forest areas which he claimed the temple authorities ordered.
Why did the girl fabricate the story?
She mentioned, “Some folks informed me to say it. I used to be requested to do it due to the property situation. That’s the one motive.” Her grandfather owned the property which was allegedly held by Dharmasthala temple authorities.
“No person demanded cash from me. I’ve by no means requested anybody for cash both. What I questioned was how my grandfather’s property was given away with out my signature. That’s the solely factor I requested,” she added.
‘I ask the folks to forgive me’
Whereas stressing on that she by no means did for monetary goal, she talked about, “Sure, for the folks of Karnataka, for the devotees of Dharmasthala… I ask the folks of this state, and the entire nation, to forgive me…I by no means wanted cash.
What did she say in her criticism?
Her latest statements considerably contradicted what she had beforehand informed investigators earlier this week. In her preliminary criticism, Sujatha alleged that her daughter, Ananya, a medical pupil aged 18 on the time, went lacking in Might 2003 throughout a go to to Dharmasthala. She recounted that whereas Ananya’s mates went buying, Ananya stayed behind close to the temple premises. Nevertheless, when the group returned, she was nowhere to be discovered.
Sujatha additional claimed that when she tried to uncover the reality behind her daughter’s disappearance, she herself was kidnapped, restrained, and threatened to not return to Dharmasthala or focus on the matter with anybody. She alleged that she had been bodily assaulted, rendered unconscious, and hospitalised in a personal medical facility in Wilson Backyard, Bengaluru, the place she remained in a coma for a month earlier than regaining consciousness.
