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This comes amidst Supreme Court order issued on September 21, nearly 14 years after the crime, directing a fresh probe into the rape and murder of 17-year-old Sowjanya at Ujire in Belthangady taluk.

This comes amidst Supreme Court order issued on September 21 directing a fresh probe into the rape and murder of 17-year-old Sowjanya at Ujire in Belthangady taluk.

The top court said that injustice to a person who was falsely charged can always be compensated; however, injustice to the victim who was brutally raped and then murdered can never be compensated.

Describes matter as ‘sensitive’; likely to allow a fresh investigation

Santhosh Rao who was earlier arrested but acquitted might have been present at the spot and he might have witnessed something or helped them in disposing of the body, Krishna claimed.

“Some members of an influential family at Dharmasthala are involved in the case. They destroyed all evidence and some eyewitnesses died.