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In this episode of Super 6, the focus is on the controversy surrounding Dharmasthala in Karnataka. Allegations by a former sanitation worker claimed the burial of hundreds of bodies at the holy site.
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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome you're watching Super 6. I'm Akshita Nandikopal and this evening
00:05we'll be rounding up all the big stories coming in from the southern states. Our top focus on
00:10Super 6 is all the story coming in from Karnataka, from Dharmastala to be particular. Yes, the mass
00:17burials claim. It's a story that most networks have forgotten about but here on India Today,
00:22we steadfastly continue tracking the latest on the investigation. But in a new twist,
00:28there are allegations considering that of the 15 sites, 13 have now been dug up, not much has been
00:35found. There are allegations that all of this was made up to target, to defame the temple, the holy
00:43site in Dharmastala. How much truth is there to that? This is quickly, quickly taking a political
00:48turn and we're going to be talking about that in this edition of Super 6. First, as always,
00:53let's begin with the headlines.
00:58BJP counters Rahul's vote-chory claim, says Sonia Gandhi's name first appeared on voter rolls in 1980,
01:07three years before she officially became an Indian citizen.
01:16Rahul Gandhi claims threat to life over his remarks on Savarkar, says complainant, a direct descendant of
01:21Nathuram Gautse, also alleges his opponents are triggered by vote-chory claim.
01:33Mega India Today, Independence Day school, Prime Minister Modi's Red Fort speech to be a tribute to
01:38Braves, Operation Sindhuur bravery to be a major theme. Modi made back restoring Jammu and Kashmir state.
01:44He told us, as well.
01:51Counsel in Supreme Court, raises top court's order on stray dogs before CGI court says matter will be looked into.
02:05Pakistan threatens India again.
02:07Shahbaz Sharif says Pakistan will not allow India to snatch even one drop of its water.
02:18And United States hails counter-terror talks with Pakistan, claim successful U.S.-Pakistan talks on terror.
02:25U.S. Park discussed ways, ironically, to counter-terrorist threats.
02:28And in his latest attack on the election commission, Rahul Gandhi has now put out a video where he's meeting
02:45with supposedly dead voters.
02:48A chai-pi-charcha that's taken place at Rahul Gandhi's residence where these voters who've been declared dead
02:54by the election commission met with Rahul Gandhi.
02:56So this is the leader of opposition, the Congress MP, lashing out at the election commission,
03:02saying, and I quote here,
03:04There have been many interesting experiences in life, but I never got the chance to have tea with dead people.
03:09He's put out a detailed video where he's speaking to a handful of people who, he says,
03:15have been declared dead by the election commission, essentially because their names are not on the voter roll
03:19and they've been named as deceased.
03:22Rahul Gandhi, in his captioner, has also said,
03:24for this unique experience, thank you, election commission.
03:27Remember, Rahul Gandhi's been referring to his exposés against the election commission as atom bombs.
03:33He's put out part one last week.
03:35He says, many more will come.
03:36Picture abhi ba ki hai.
03:38And amid that, this video put out by Rahul Gandhi.
03:41Let's bring in Rahul Gautam, who's joining us with more details on this.
03:45Rahul, so the latest attack by Rahul Gandhi involves a meet and greet with voters,
03:50who allegedly are not part of the voter roll because they've been identified as deceased by the election commission.
03:55Well, absolutely.
03:58And you see, it's a very sarcastic tweet that has been put out by Rahul Gandhi wherein he is thanking election commission
04:04for this unique experience saying that thanks to election commission, I had, you know,
04:11an interaction with deceased people, deceased on electoral rolls.
04:16So, clearly, it seems, and if you see that video, you can see that Rahul Gandhi having a conversation with these people,
04:23asking, you know, their polling booth, their constituency.
04:26You see, in fact, Sanjay Yadav, who is from RJD, in fact, he was also present over there in this meeting.
04:34So, clearly, as far as Rahul Gandhi is concerned, this is another way to tell people as to how SIR exercise
04:40which is being undertaken in Bihar is actually deleting real people, real voters from electoral rolls.
04:47And remember, actually, I myself asked this question to Rahul Gandhi, you know, about electoral rolls and EVFs,
04:54to which Rahul Gandhi says that we have got information about voter subtraction as well,
04:58but we are still working on it, we are still analysing the data.
05:01So, you can expect, as yesterday, also, last night, also, we broke the story that Rahul Gandhi is saying that
05:07many more exposures will come, there are 70 Lok Sabha seeds which will be manipulated in Lok Sabha.
05:11The same thing is now happening in, you know, ahead of 70 polls in Bihar.
05:16Clearly, as far as Rahul Gandhi's concern, it is, it shows that he is increasing the heat against the election commission.
05:22And you can say that Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, they are on a warpath against a full watch party.
05:29And clearly, this is going to be a major, major flashpoint between Congress and BJP.
05:36This is just another front that Rahul Gandhi has opened up. Rahul, thanks for those details.
05:40Listen in to that sequence of Rahul Gandhi's interaction with these voters.
05:44They are not allowed to see you, Dil, please.
05:48They are not allowed to see you, Dil.
05:50They are not allowed to see you, Dil.
05:52What is there?
05:53They can say that no entry was required.
05:56They are dead.
05:57They are dead.
05:58They are not allowed to see you.
06:00They are not allowed to see you.
06:01So, every entry place you can.
06:03No, if it is dead, how do you get the ticket?
06:05Yes, it is.
06:06It is.
06:07It is.
06:08It is.
06:09It is.
06:10It is.
06:11It is.
06:12It is.
06:13It is.
06:14All right, let's move on to our top focus here on Super 6, which is on the showdown
06:28in Dharmastala of Karnataka, which has been thrust in the national spotlight over allegations
06:34by a man, a former sanitation worker at, in fact, Dharmastala at the holy site where he alleged
06:41that he had set up and had buried a number of bodies, hundreds of bodies, as he put it.
06:46The recent controversy at Dharmastala ignited widespread outrage and protest with allegations
06:51of their mass burial site fueling intense debate and blurring the line between the truth
06:56versus speculation.
06:58Now, the BJP has announced that its legislators would be visiting the temple town of Dharmastala
07:03on August 17th amid the SIT probe into this particular case.
07:07And that's because the BJP pro-Hindu groups have all now started speaking out, alleging
07:12that this is a conspiracy, claiming that this is an attempt to target the temple and nothing
07:18more.
07:19Essentially because in the ongoing SIT investigation, remember that this alleged whistleblower had
07:24identified 15 spots.
07:26Of these 15 spots, authorities' exhumation process has been done until spot number 13.
07:33And so far, human remains have been found only at one site and another site slightly afar.
07:38They've found a few remains.
07:40But that's about it, which is why right now groups, Hindu activists, you've got BJP members,
07:47all crying foul, saying then, was this just an attempt to go ahead and defame the temple administration?
07:53So people of DBS.
08:02Even though we know those to be conscious, it resulted in the forgiveness of the law is called
08:06scientific witches.
08:07Let all look at him in time for verf and to occur in time of murder.
08:09So it may be my...
08:10His feet are coming to be moving at Hathala, gente,
08:11Noslea S인을ari sneakers, economic envelopes.
08:14Let me bring in Nagarjun Dwarkanath for all the details of what's really playing out right now in Dharmastala Naga.
08:36A lot of questions being asked right now by Hindu groups, by the BJP, about whether these allegations of a mass burial are all a lie.
08:46Obviously, this is a very, very high-profile investigation.
08:49But so far off the 15 sites, it doesn't really look like the SIT has made any headway or breakthrough.
08:55Well, that's absolutely true.
08:56Now, the pressure is on the SIT to find something because they believed what the sanitation worker had said and started digging,
09:02while the Hindu groups are putting pressure on the government to say that you did a SIT, you dug up 15 such holes,
09:09but nothing has come out except for one such spot where few bones were found,
09:13and that also belonged to a male person, male human being from Bangalore.
09:17Bangalore is what we are told.
09:18Now, BJP, MLAs and MLCs have decided to travel to Dharmastala on 17th of August
09:24and take darshan in the temple and offer prayers, indirectly giving out a message that the party stands with the Dharmadikari and the temple trust,
09:33where the SIT is still investigating in the temple town of Dharmastala as we speak.
09:37Okay, Naga, thanks very much for joining us with those details.
09:40But let's just also put in context here what's been found so far in the investigation by the SIT.
09:47Mind you that there are 15 sites identified by this complainant where he says he buried all of these bodies.
09:54So far in the exhumation process that's been underway for the last many weeks,
09:58partial skeletal remains were found at spot number 6 of the 15.
10:03Site number 6 is where they did find some remains.
10:05The evidence that's been collected from the site is still being analysed,
10:09but what we can confirm for you is that the skeletal remains that were found at site number 6
10:14were suspected to be that of a man.
10:17Besides that, there was also at site number 11, spot number 11, additional remains that were found.
10:22But again, these were very scattered skeletal remains that were found.
10:27They've not been able to get concrete details really from even spot number 11 to be able to get anything together.
10:34And so, so far, there's been absolutely no indication of any sort of mass burial.
10:39And 13 out of the 15 sites have been dug up.
10:42There are two sites still pending.
10:43But obviously, for the SIT too, looking at what's happened so far,
10:48they're not really expecting to find anything in the remaining two sites.
10:52At site 13, they even dug deep, knowing full well that layers of soil had come up.
10:56And yet, there's been no breakthrough or no headway really in the investigation.
11:01But why really is the BJP alleging that this could be a conspiracy?
11:04Let's take you through Dharmastala, this location, what makes it so prominent
11:09and the sacred legacy of this temple town.
11:12It's a renowned pilgrimage site that attracts devotees nationwide to this particular area.
11:17It's in the Dakshina Kannada district.
11:19It's home to the very, very famous and revered Manjanata temple.
11:23And it's to visit this temple and take darshan at this temple
11:25that you have lakhs of devotees who come into Dharmastala.
11:28It's also got a symbolism of religious harmony and unity.
11:32It's known for its charitable and community services.
11:36Importantly, and you've heard, of course, about all of this talk of a conspiracy
11:40by the BJP, by Hindu activists, that Dharmadikari is the head of the temple,
11:45the spiritual head of the temple.
11:47It's essentially a designation or, in fact, that title is handed over
11:52within one particular family.
11:54And so, in this particular case, the BJP has alleged that all the allegations that you see,
11:58it's all an attempt to target and tarnish the image of the Dharmadikari.
12:02Let me bring in on this broadcast our panelists,
12:05Mr. Bhaskar Rao, spokesperson of the Karnataka BJP.
12:09We also have Nikhil Jain, political consultant, with us.
12:12Mr. Bhaskar Rao, I'd like to begin with you.
12:15You know, I remember in the weeks running up to what we're seeing right now,
12:19to the investigation, the BJP wanted a fair, impartial probe.
12:24Today, it looks like that's definitely happened.
12:26So, what is the BJP's grouse here?
12:29See, we were waiting with bated breath that something startling is going to be unravelled
12:34at Dharmadikari, because the nature of allegations were extremely gross and extremely horrified.
12:41But two weeks down the line, after having dug up the several pits over there,
12:47government has not even come out with an interim report of how it is proposing to proceed.
12:51And what is more shocking to Hindu believers who have got great devotion and regard for
12:59Dharmastala Manjunata temple is the extraordinary interest taken by non-Hindus
13:05in getting a place dug over there.
13:08What is their interest?
13:09Do we go behind other communities, temples, etc., or place of worship to do all these things over there?
13:15Nothing seems to be coming out.
13:18And now they have started naming and shaming the temple and denigrating a place of worship,
13:24which has attracted devotees, as you rightly mentioned, from all across the state,
13:30as well as from different parts of South India also.
13:32So, nothing seems to be coming out.
13:35And it is nothing but threatening and annihilating Hindu feelings.
13:39Now, in the recent past, you saw how Padmanam Swami temple was brought into controversy
13:45and how Sabrimala was brought into controversy, how Isha temple was brought into controversy.
13:52The foundation.
13:53Now, again, this is...
13:54What exactly are you trying...
13:55At least tell us, assure us that what you are doing,
13:59tell us that you are convinced by what that masked man is telling you.
14:03If at all that masked man has given some 164 statement,
14:07tell us whom are you aiming at, what exactly your investigation is all about.
14:12This whole thing seems to be digging and closing, digging and closing,
14:16and some kind of a mockery of investigation.
14:21It means the entire police force...
14:22Okay, so you're saying there's no complete 100% transparency, which is the concern.
14:27Mr. Rao, I'll come back to you.
14:28Let Nikhil Jain also make his opening comments on this.
14:31Nikhil Jain, what do you make of the BGP's allegation here,
14:34that there's been no transparency, that the investigation hasn't gone along the way they wanted it to,
14:39especially in this kind of a sensitive case?
14:49All right, apologies.
14:50We've lost the connection with...
14:52Mr. Jain, we'll come back to you.
14:53We're having a bit of a problem there with your connection.
14:55In the meanwhile, I'll take this back across to Mr. Bhaskar Rao.
14:58On the comment you made, Mr. Rao, where you spoke of how you believe that this is a targeted attempt at a temple.
15:06Just explain to us why you believe that, especially because you're also alleging that people of other faiths are actually targeting this temple.
15:13Where's the evidence of that?
15:15Hindus never take such kind of an extraordinary interest in trying to poke affairs into other communities or other...
15:22No, but sir, is this beyond religion?
15:24If there's an allegation of mass burials, it has nothing to do about whether this is a temple town or not.
15:29This could happen anywhere, in which case it's still as serious.
15:33No, see, what I'm trying to tell you is that, why are you picking out this place?
15:36And nothing, nothing's not even substantial.
15:41Bones could have been discovered anywhere.
15:42What do you make out of that?
15:43A huge team of people, as you rightly pointed out, is on a wild goose chase.
15:49And nothing seems to be coming out.
15:50It's only holy smoke.
15:51And all the media, from morning till evening, is chasing these investigators.
15:56And a man in a mask is telling them to dig here, dig there, etc., etc.
16:00When we, ourselves cannot identify a place after two or three years, 13 or 15 years later, a man comes and says,
16:07I buried so many dead bodies over there.
16:09Okay, I'm also a police officer.
16:10I know how difficult it is to take a dead body, drag it all the way, dig a grave and bury it and come out without being seen or carrying them.
16:21At least the police could have proceeded to find out what was the content of that 164 statement which he had made.
16:27Whom are they trying to target?
16:28Is it only digging and how long this digging is going to take place?
16:31But what I'm more aghast is that, that the Honourable Home Minister on the floor of the Assembly failed to give a convincing explanation.
16:39What is the line of investigation?
16:40What exactly, whom are they trying to target?
16:44Or what exactly, in which direction the investigation is proceeding?
16:48How long they desire to...
16:49But Mr. Rao, just quickly, before I bring in Nikhil Jair, and hopefully we'll have him with us in the broadcast.
16:55But Mr. Bhaskar Rao, you're saying that, you know, there has been no clarity from the Karnataka Honourable Minister.
17:00They formed a special investigative team.
17:01In the run-up to this investigation, there were multiple assurances made that it will be a fair, impartial probe.
17:08What we're perhaps seeing is a result of that.
17:10If there was, you know, nothing that was true, that was concrete, they've come out with the truth that, look, nothing has been found.
17:16Yeah, all that is fine, that they are going to assure us.
17:21But give us an interim report.
17:22Give us an interim report what exactly you have done.
17:25Let there be an official statement of in which direction you are proceeding.
17:29Because the allegations made against such a revered temple are very, very serious in nature.
17:35We also were waiting that something is going to come out.
17:38Nothing seems to be coming out.
17:39It is only holy smoke and the whole thing is being misled.
17:43And some people who are not even from Karnataka, they are mentioning about the investigation and giving comments, etc.
17:50And some people are giving comments on YouTube.
17:53And it is only leading to bad blood.
17:56Give us a scientific explanation.
17:57Okay, you're saying that there's not enough clarity from the government.
18:00Nikhil Jain is with us finally.
18:02Nikhil, I hope you can hear me.
18:03And we've managed to fix the connection.
18:05Your opening comments, go ahead, on the allegation that the government hasn't been completely transparent in the investigation.
18:12First of all, I'm very sorry for the poor network.
18:14And so far as the government's role in this entire controversy is concerned, I think the government has done a fabulous job.
18:19You had very, very serious allegations of certain mass burials and sexual misconduct against women and minors.
18:26And the government set up an SIT under an officer of the Director General rank.
18:29See, I'm not going to say whether people related to the temple or anybody in the temple authorities actually did these things or they did not do these things.
18:37Which is why there is a need for an investigation.
18:39Which is why the government set up an SIT.
18:41I think it's absolutely bizarre that the BGP is going around making it a protest about how, you know, the prestige of the temple has been hurt and this and that.
18:49Because let's not forget that this is not the first time when such allegations have come to fore with regards to this temple.
18:55So it's not like a brand new witch hunt that the Congress government just wanted to invent.
18:59It is something which has a history in the past.
19:01There has been no evidence in the past, which is why an SIT was set up.
19:04And again, there has been no evidence of mass burials, but we have found certain skeletons in various sites.
19:12Now, one may say that they are not women's skeletons, they are men's skeletons, but is a murder not a murder?
19:17Is a man's murder less important than a woman's murder?
19:20The point is that if there is something fishy, if there is something wrong, the SIT should probe it.
19:24No, sure, sure, Nikhil, you know, we're not going to at any point dismiss what's been found.
19:29That is something that still has to be investigated very much.
19:32But look, the allegation that came to the fore and the reason that everyone was talking about what's happening in Dharmastalas, two.
19:38One is that, you know, there were these allegations of mass burials.
19:41And secondly, that this was a temple town.
19:43So you can't take away from the fact that, look, this was a site of a very, you know, holy location of a temple.
19:51And so maybe there was an attempt to defame, which is what the BJP is alleging.
19:56That is quite a baseless allegation.
19:58Karnataka is a state where the chief minister, the deputy chief minister, the home minister, all of them are Hindus.
20:03Majority of the people are Hindus.
20:04Majority of the congress's voters are Hindus.
20:06Nobody is looking out to go and defame a temple town or the Hindu faith or a particular sect in the Hindu faith.
20:13And I think people who are followers of the religion should feel vindicated that these allegations are not proving to be true,
20:19that there are no mass burials.
20:20So I don't understand why the BJP has to, you know, look like they're standing behind rapists and murderers all the time.
20:25Because this is what they did for Guru Ram Rahim.
20:28Why am I calling him Guru?
20:29The man Ram Rahim who's been convicted for rape and murder.
20:32That's what they've done for Asa Rambapu.
20:33Why are they always standing with godmen against whom there are godmen or some sort of religious figures against whom there are allegations of rape and murder?
20:41Let investigations happen.
20:42Let them be exonerated by the investigations and by the due process of law and the court.
20:46And let's all go home and sit in peace and learn and know that, you know, our temples were not doing anything wrong.
20:53What is wrong in all of this?
20:54A valid point.
20:55Valid point.
20:55Mr. Bhaskar Rao, your response to the question asked by Nekil Jain on why it's troubling the BJP if nothing has been found.
21:01That's good news.
21:02That means that, you know, these mass burials did not happen.
21:05This is nothing but not addressing the question and beating around the bush.
21:12You said dead bodies have been buried left, right and center, hundreds of dead bodies.
21:18One, even one dead body was not discovered over there.
21:21Give us an interim report.
21:22What exactly are you doing?
21:23Today, it is BJP that is protesting, but BJP plus so many thousands of Hindus who rear that temple.
21:32Do you mean to say they are not hurt?
21:34You are hurting us.
21:36You are insulting us.
21:36You are humiliating us.
21:37Had it been any other religion, by this time there would have been a bloodbath.
21:41And it is nothing but taking Hindus for granted and insulting Hindus by carrying on a two-week excavation after excavation and saying hundreds.
21:50Even if there are hundreds of dead bodies, at least by this time, 5 to 10, 15 to 20 skeletons should have come out by now if he was selling all these things over there.
21:57Where is, where exactly the investigation is leading?
22:00At least assure in the house, assembly, what exactly you are doing in investigation.
22:05I am also a professional police officer.
22:07We have done this kind of investigation.
22:08Even in war crimes investigation, interim reports are given.
22:12What exactly you have done after two weeks?
22:14What have been done after three weeks or four weeks?
22:16How do you proceed?
22:18Have you carried out a 164 statement of that masked man called Anamika or Bhima or whatever?
22:24What?
22:24Make it public.
22:25No.
22:25Why are you scared?
22:26Make it public.
22:28And tell us.
22:29The people are entitled to know the contents of your investigation.
22:32You cannot keep everything under the cover and say that I am...
22:37Nikhil Jain, looking at what's emerged so far, do you think it's warranted when the BJP says there should be an interim report on what's really emerged so far?
22:47I definitely believe that a report should come out soon.
22:49But for the BJP to ask an interim report in an investigation of this scale, you know, when only a month into the investigation has passed, that is not at all fair.
22:59That is not how the process of law works.
23:01Mr. Rao is a professional policeman.
23:03I think he would also know that the police or any investigative agency will never give an interim report within the first month of investigation.
23:09They would wait at least three to four months so I should, you know, uncover and discover whatever maximum that they can.
23:14They would not want to let out their cards and open.
23:17And if he...
23:18And since I'm sure that he would know more about police than I would, please ask him to tell me one single example anywhere in the country.
23:24Forget the government.
23:25Forget the party where an interim report was given in less than a month of the investigation started.
23:29No, Mr. Bhaskar Rao, quickly respond to that and then I'll wrap this up.
23:34Your response, sir, as someone who's been a top cop, an ongoing investigation, which is not wrapped up yet, can we really be seeking reports so early in the probe?
23:43In all sensational cases, where public curiosity is at its height, people are entitled to know what is going on.
23:51People are entitled to know till where you have proceeded, what do you propose to do over there.
23:55Nowadays, you see, even operations that are being telecast over there and are being shown to public what is going on.
24:01Why are you hiding?
24:03What exactly?
24:04It means till two weeks, should we all keep quiet and fire?
24:08Should we all keep quiet and see, keep on digging, keep on digging over there?
24:11Is the government has no responsibility towards majority Hindu sentiments?
24:15Why do you hurt us like this?
24:16Thousands and thousands of people go to the temple town and such sacrilegious comments are being made.
24:22And you keep digging over there.
24:24Should we not have at least common sense?
24:25Are you not being sensitive?
24:27Why are you being so insensitive and humiliating the Hindus and taking extraordinary interest of non-Hindus into consideration and the people from Kerala and other places?
24:38If at all so many people were buried, their parents would have come forward and said they would have given missing cases.
24:44Something would have come apart from the two cases.
24:47Nothing is there.
24:48Okay, Nikhil, quickly, Nikhil, quickly, your response and then we'll wrap this up.
24:55Akshat, I asked Mr. Rao, who has been a top cop himself, I asked him to give me one example he hasn't been able to give me.
25:03And what he says is because public curiosity is at its peak, a report and an investigation could be given.
25:08But I'm sorry, that's not how law enforcement works because public curiosity is at its peak.
25:12Let's uncover our cards.
25:14That's not how it works.
25:15As simple as that.
25:16Okay, okay, I've run out of time, Mr. Bhaskar Rao.
25:18My apologies, I've run out of time.
25:20Mr. Bhaskar Rao and Nikhil Jain, thank you very much for joining us here on this broadcast.
25:24Let's see what really emerges in the weeks to come because this is still an investigation that's underway.
25:30But it's turning political now with the BJP all set to reach Darmastalla over the weekend.
25:34They're going to be visiting the temple, being a part of a dhasran there, and then also hitting the streets in protest,
25:41questioning whether this was an attempt to defame the temple.
25:43The reality is, however, that so far, based on what this complainant said, or as he was being referred to as a whistleblower,
25:50nothing has been found so far.
25:53And I want to take you back to exactly what this complainant had alleged and why it was taken up so seriously on a war footing,
26:01so much so that an SIT was also established, which is looking into this case.
26:05Take a look at what the complainant had said.
26:07I am submitting this complaint with a heavy heart and deep moral burden.
26:13I can no longer carry the pain, threats, and guilt from the murders I witnessed and the bodies I was forced to bury.
26:20From 1995 to December 2014, I worked as a sanitation worker under the Darmastalla temple administration.
26:29My duties began as routine cleaning near the Netravati river and surrounding areas.
26:35But over time, they turned into something horrifying.
26:38I was ordered to dispose of dead bodies, many of which bore signs of brutal violence and sexual assault.
26:46At first, I believed the bodies were from suicides or accidents, but most were of women.
26:54Many found naked or partially clothed with signs of rape, strangulation and acid burns.
27:02I saw girls as young as 12 with school uniforms, but no undergarments, and women with faces burned by acid,
27:10all buried or cremated under my forced supervision.
27:14I witnessed the murder of beggars, often strangled using towels, in locked rooms.
27:22I buried or burned hundreds of bodies in and around Darmastalla, many times using diesel to incinerate them completely.
27:30Around 1998, I was explicitly ordered by supervisors not to report these to police, but to secretly bury or burn the bodies.
27:40When I resisted, I was threatened and told,
27:43You will be chopped into pieces like them. Your family too will be sacrificed.
27:48In 2014, after a member of my family was sexually harassed, I fled Darmastalla with my family,
27:55and have been hiding in a neighbouring state since, constantly moving out of fear.
28:00Those involved are members of the Darmastalla temple administration and staff,
28:05but I cannot name them in the complaint due to their power and threats.
28:10Once I receive protection under the witness protection scheme, I am ready to reveal full names and specific roles of the accused.
28:18Those who were buried deserve a dignified funeral.
28:22I plead with the authorities to unearth these remains and allow proper rites to be performed.
28:28I pray that these horrific crimes to be investigated with urgency and justice be delivered to the countless voiceless victims.
28:36If I am killed or go missing before disclosing the names, the truth may die with me.
28:42So, what's the Darmastalla truth? Hopefully, we'll have answers very, very soon.
28:52Focusing on Karnataka, let's continue getting you all the political updates that are coming in on Ken Rajanna sacking as Karnataka minister.
29:00He was removed, ousted from the state cabinet after a decision was clearly made by the Congress High Command.
29:06He alleged that there was a conspiracy and said he will reveal everything now that his name has been dropped.
29:12Earlier, remember, he had alleged that boat theft took place right in front of him and claimed the Karnataka government failed to act in time.
29:20He now says he'll expose exactly what he meant by that.
29:23What happened? How it happened? Who was behind it?
29:26And he says all of this will come out when the time is right.
29:30He says all of this will come out when the Karnataka government failed to act as Karnataka government failed to act as Karnataka government failed to act as Karnataka government failed to act.
29:52When he said that, when he said that, he didn't notice, he didn't notice.
29:56Then, he fell on one time on Dalit Neta.
29:59The Congress left him and left him and left him and left him.
30:02He said that Rahul Gandhi is the leader.
30:05It is a party decision and it is something that we all have to respect.
30:11Even Mr. Rajan also has said that he will abide by the party decision and he has also said Rahul Gandhi is the leader.
30:17And he said he will go and explain to the high command.
30:20So, but also in public life, we should also be careful about, you know, sometimes when we see TV cameras and mics, we say of things which we should not be saying.
30:30And that is the thing where we all should be careful of what we say.
30:34Moving on to Tamil Nadu, where the governor, Arun Ravi, has been snubbed by a student at a convocation ceremony.
30:41This was, in fact, at the Manon Maniam Sundararan University, where a PhD scholar refused to receive her degree from his hands.
30:50The student, seen, in fact, walking into the frame, walks right past the governor, goes to, in fact, whoever was standing next to the Tamil Nadu governor,
31:00doesn't even look at Governor Ravi and then walks away.
31:03The student is actually the wife of a DMK leader, M. Rajan.
31:07And during the convocation ceremony, she resorted to clearly a form of protest, accepting her degree from the university's vice chancellor, but not from the governor.
31:15And she said that the governor is acting against the interests of Tamil Nadu and that's why he chose not to do it.
31:20BJP's K. Anna Malai has criticized the DMK, saying this is drama being staged using educational institutions in order to gain fame.
31:30Let's bring in Pramod Madu for more details on this.
31:33Pramod, you know, you see clearly a very symbolic gesture there by that student.
31:38And this is something that we're seeing a lot more in Tamil Nadu.
31:41Even on Independence Day, we understand that the DMK is choosing to go ahead and boycott an event where the governor is.
31:47It absolutely is, Sakshita.
31:52One of the very important and recent developments with the kind of fight between the governor and the DMK government
31:57is about the actual construction of a university in Thiruara district under the name of Kalanyar Karunanadi University.
32:05And this particular bill was not passed by the governor.
32:07It was placed and then he has forwarded it to the president.
32:10So DMK is definitely not happy about it.
32:12Amidst this, this particular student is identified as Jean Joseph at Manon Maniam Sundarnath University in Thiruara Valley
32:19for the convocation when the governor was there.
32:22The higher education minister, Govichiryan, was not present.
32:25He had given a certain reason for it.
32:27And the student went ahead and said that she did not want to receive the award from the governor,
32:32claiming that she could not find any kind of work the governor has done for Tamil or Tamil Nadu,
32:37while the vice chancellor, she claims that he has done a lot of work and that's why she decided that as per her choice,
32:43she will get the award from the vice chancellor of that particular university.
32:48This has definitely turned into a huge controversy currently because that was a governor who was snubbed,
32:53but the governor, she also claimed he was not worried.
32:55She simply, she said that like he said it's okay and she left the place, Akshita.
33:00All right, Pramod, thanks very much for joining us with all of those details.
33:05Now let's get you an exclusive conversation with YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy,
33:19who's claimed now and made a big charge claiming Chandra Babu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister,
33:23is in touch with Rahul Gandhi through Revant Reddy.
33:26Jagan Mohan Reddy has claimed essentially that when Rahul Gandhi talks about vote chori,
33:32he makes no statement on Andhra Pradesh because of vested interests.
33:36He's suggesting essentially that there seems to be some sort of tie-up,
33:40some sort of understanding between Chandra Babu Naidu and Rahul Gandhi.
33:45Listen in to Jagan Mohan Reddy speaking to India today.
33:48But today we've made an interesting comment saying Revant Reddy, Chandra Babu Naidu and Rahul Gandhi are all in cohort with each other.
33:58What is your meaning by that?
34:00In fact, not only me Ma, if you were to ask anybody in this state, it's an evident fact to everybody in the state,
34:08why is it that the Congress spokesperson does not speak of Chandra Babu Naidu's verses, he speaks of me.
34:17But also Andhra in chat, that person's name, I think Manikyam Thaggur.
34:20Manikyam Thaggur.
34:21Manikyam Thaggur, you should ask him.
34:24He doesn't speak about Chandra Babu Naidu.
34:26He only speaks about us.
34:28Why is it so?
34:30And similarly Rahul Gandhi, when he speaks about all this vote chori, he doesn't talk about Andhra Pradesh,
34:35comments on Chandra Babu Naidu.
34:37Why?
34:38Because there's a hotline between Rahul Gandhi and Chandra Babu Naidu through Revant.
34:42It's pretty obvious.
34:43So you're saying Revant still works with Naidu?
34:45Absolutely.
34:46It's everybody's knowledge.
34:48If somebody is so naive that they can't see what's happening, then somebody should be termed as naive.
34:53Well, how do you see Rahul Gandhi focusing on television?
34:55It goes to clutter.
34:57No matter how many have changed our father to the first.
35:01Why can't there not create a thing about it?
35:02Because from all the girls who meet up on your own,
35:04the very own house to the institution will be35.
35:09There are so many people,
35:20I just saw Mr. Jagan's statement on the Ochori thing.
35:46Mr. Jagan must understand that the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhiji is not a person
35:54who is fighting for Congress alone.
35:58We are fighting for India's democracy.
36:01He has not surrendered to Mr. Shah.
36:04He is not afraid about Mr. Modi like the way Mr. Jagan does.
36:10We are fighting the battle against Shah and Modi to protect India's democratic rights.
36:19The Ochori story is a simple story that in each Lok Soba, around 39 to 48 Lok Soba seats,
36:31in each seat, assembly segment and few booths, the manipulation has been organized by Mr. Amish Shah
36:39with the help of Rajiv Kumar and Janeshwar's election commission.
36:44We are fighting against a bigger battle.
36:49Let's cut across to big breaking news that's coming in.
36:59It's been confirmed now that next week there will be crucial India-China border talks.
37:04Special representative level talks will take place next week.
37:08This even as the Chinese Foreign Minister Wong Yi will be visiting India on August 18th.
37:15That's been confirmed.
37:16So Monday is when, in fact, the Chinese Foreign Minister will be in India.
37:20He will be holding bilateral talks with Ajit Dawal as well, is what we're hearing.
37:25And important to highlight that this is the first visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister
37:29in India posed the Galwan clashes of June 2020.
37:32So you're seeing big steps being taken by both India and China to kind of mend the relationship.
37:38Remember that this meeting will be happening and the visit by Wong Yi will be happening
37:42just before Prime Minister Modi also heads to China, which is at the end of this month.
37:48The August 31st, September 1st is when, in fact, Prime Minister Modi will be in China for the SCO.
37:55So clearly you're seeing, in fact, developments taking place that suggest that both India and China
38:01are ensuring that ties are mended.
38:07We're just hours away from Rajnikan's much-awaited coolie releasing
38:11and it's become a cultural juggernaut.
38:13We're not kidding.
38:14Officers in Singapore, in several parts of Tamil Nadu are actually declaring holidays
38:18for coolies release, offering free tickets and whatnot.
38:22We're already saying, even before the release, the film breaking records
38:25are with, in fact, several bookings already going out.
38:29Theaters packed for tomorrow's Big Bang release.
38:33You may have to lose anyway,
38:35If theому attend a sec while you're drawing off,
38:39Just stop you immediately.
38:40Horseá.
38:41You'll become afraid…
38:42Unless you're afraid...
38:43While these are in theiciones,
38:44Quite through the years...
38:46No matter who's working RICHARD CHURCH,
38:47Kooly is no longer just a film...
38:49Li'yere boy is a film, but has erupted into a full-blown cultural phenomenon..
38:52phenomenon.
39:04Shaking boundaries across industries and borders.
39:19In a stunning display of fan power and with excitement building for the release of Coolie,
39:25a firm in Singapore has announced a paid holiday for its Tamil workers.
39:41In addition to the day off, the company Farmer Constructions PTE Ltd is providing first-day
39:47first-show tickets and a $30 Singaporean dollar allowance for food and beverages.
39:54The firm has labelled this gesture as an activity under workers' welfare and stress management.
40:02The announcement has gained traction online, with many fans in India showing their approval.
40:09Another firm going by the name SB Mart has also announced that the company will be closed
40:14between 7am to 11.30am on August 14th.
40:18Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, a Madurai-based company announced a holiday for all its branches on
40:24the release of the Rajinikanth Starer.
40:27The Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial releases on August 14th and is witnessing record-breaking
40:33advanced sales.
40:37However, the film has been rated A by the censor board, raising concerns among Rajinikanth's
40:46family audience as it may not be suitable for children.
41:01Still, it has managed to become the highest overseas procurement for a Tamil film, sparking
41:07significant interest worldwide.
41:20Reports also suggest that the film might reach audiences in over 100 countries.
41:25The film also features stars like Nagarjun, Upendra, Aamir Khan, Satyaraj, Shaubin Shahir,
41:49and Shruti Hassan in key roles.
41:52The film will also mark a clash with Hrithik Roshan and Junior NTR's War 2 at the box office.
41:57Janka hatiyar, yaa toh maro ka, yaa perh maro ka.
42:06Death before dishonor.
42:08Service before self.
42:11India first.
42:13India first.
42:17Entertainment Bureau, India Today.
42:22Well, tickets sold out for both War 2 and Coolie, so hopefully you've managed to catch one of the two films over this long weekend.
42:35But before I wrap up this edition of Super 6, I'm leaving you with a report that gives hope on whether this is finally the end of baldness.
42:44It's a new drug that's been found that's making waves, reactivating hair follicles, blocking hair-killing hormones, and showing real results, believe it or not, in just a matter of eight weeks.
42:55Take a look at this report, I'm leaving you with this one.
42:57Thanks for tuning in.
42:58What do David Beckham, Elon Musk, Sourav Ganguly and Himesh Trishamia have in common?
43:10They all once lost their hair, but then it grew back.
43:23It wasn't magic, it was hard science.
43:33Most of them turned to hair transplants.
43:36A process that if you've ever googled is painfully long and painfully expensive.
43:42But now, a new drug is making headlines, sparking what's been called the Great Unbalding in the West.
43:58For some time now, dermatologists have been feeling the need to address the shortcomings of the pre-existing approved medication for balding, namely minoxidil and finasteride.
44:14So, what exactly is PP405 and how does it work?
44:23It targets the main reason hair falls out or thins, a hormone called DHT.
44:31DHT shrinks your hair follicles and stops them from growing new hair.
44:37Here's how it works in detail.
44:40Blocking the DHT from harming your hair follicles like a shield, protecting the tiny roots.
44:46Keeping follicles healthy and active, helping hair grow back.
44:50Also, it's applied directly to the scalp.
44:53Unlike pills, it avoids systemic side effects.
44:59Experts are calling it a game changer because it's topical, non-invasive and yes, it works on women.
45:07So, how does PP405 differ from the current hair loss medications?
45:13It wakes up the dormant hair follicles.
45:16Unlike minoxidil, PP405 doesn't just slow the loss.
45:21It reactivates stem cells in dormant follicles by blocking something called MPC.
45:27In early trials, users saw a 20% boost in their hair density in just 8 weeks.
45:34Much quicker than what's been seen with other treatments.
45:37Topical, non-hormonal, fewer side effects applied as a gel.
45:42PP405 stays local to the scalp and doesn't enter your blood screen.
45:48No hormone or sexual side effect common with existing drugs.
45:56But while the buzz is real, scientists and users alike caution.
46:00It's not a magic cure just yet.
46:03Heard about PP405, the miracle molecule that can help your hair grow pretty rapidly as a cream?
46:14Well, the data is still out.
46:16There's only phase 2 trials that have been done.
46:18And until phase 3 and phase 4 trials come out where we have enough humans who've experienced it
46:23and we've seen what the side effects are, it's still not available for us to use.
46:27So we can wait with bated breath while the traditional treatments of PRP, LED, liquid gold, polynucleotides
46:35and so many more are still available or hair transplant for our hair growth.
46:43PP405 isn't just another hair loss product.
46:46It represents a paradigm shift in how we treat pattern baldness.
46:51If it continues to show strong results, it might reach India in the next few years.
46:58But as always, science and patience must lead the way.
47:04So after the great weight loss revolution, is unbalding next?
47:10Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor for India Today.
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