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Ujire:Several people of Dharmasthala who met at the Mahotsava Sabha Bhavan of Dharmasthala on October 14, Monday expressed their strong resentment against the private TV Channel which aired an interview of the parents of Sowjanya as well as Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi wherein the speakers blamed Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade and his family to be behind the Sowjanya murder case.
Chandan Kamath, Narayana Soorittaya, Seetaram Tolpadittaya, Haridas Gambhira, Balakrishna Poojari, Chandrahas and others who spoke on the occasion, prayed that Lord Manjunatha of Dharmasthala would punish those who made false allegations against the Dharmasthala Heggade family.
The meeting while praying for the departed soul of Sowjanya also appealed for a CBI probe into the case and also thereby secure justice to the family of the deceased Sowjanya.
Keshava Belalu, advocate, who spoke on the occasion, said there has been some delay in the investigation owing to some technical problem. He also assured that suitable documents would be produced to prove that the allegations made against the Heggade family were false.
Later the villagers offered mass prayers to Lord Manjunatha at the temple and prayed that the taint on the family be warded off with evidences.