Dharmasthala News: Woman Admits She ‘Faked' Daughter's Disappearance, Says 'Was Asked To Do So'

A woman whose account of a daughter who went missing in 2003 fuelled the growing controversy in Dharmasthala over allegations of mass burials, sexual assault, and disappearances of women said on Friday that her story was fabricated. The woman, identified as Sujatha Bhat, said that she was persuaded by Girish Mattannavar and T Jayanti, two prominent activists in the case, to claim that her daughter Ananya had disappeared in Dharmasthala in 2003.