The Silence of the Hills Connecting the Dots in the Dharmasthala Mass Burial Mystery
The Dharmasthala mass burial incident has shaken the nation with haunting revelations. A masked man—later identified as a former sanitary worker—walked into a local police station, draped head to toe in black, and confessed to burying hundreds of women and children near one of India’s most revered temple towns. While mainstream media cautiously recounts the horror spanning decades, deeper questions remain unanswered. Why were these disappearances never reported in large numbers? Why did the police initially close the Soujanya case with a dubious narrative, only to reopen it later due to DNA mismatches? With rising suspicion around administrative silence and the arrest of a whistleblowing YouTuber, this is no longer a story of buried bones—it's a story of buried truths.
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