Karnataka’s special investigation team has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and the state Criminal Investigation Department for records and evidence from their earlier inquiries into a child’s 2012 rape and murder near Dharmasthala. Officials disclosed the requests on October 2, according to IANS. The reports do not specify when the letters were sent or confirm that the material has been handed over.
Daijiworld independently reported on October 2 that the team held its first meeting in Mangaluru the previous afternoon. It said officers reviewed old files, prepared an investigation plan and assigned responsibilities. Intelligence SP Nisha James and CID SP Lokesh Jagalsar had inspected the new office and met city police commissioner C. H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy before the meeting chaired by IGP N. Shashikumar.
The Supreme Court ordered a fresh investigation on September 21. Karnataka constituted the five-member team on September 24, with three months to complete its work and report to the competent court. The lone accused prosecuted by the CBI was acquitted in June 2023 because the evidence was insufficient, as Yes Punjab’s account explains.
The latest developments concern evidence-gathering and completed planning work. Neither the records request nor the meeting establishes responsibility for the crime. The reviewed reports announce no new arrest or forensic finding. The child’s name and identifying family details are withheld.