BJP criticised Karnataka Congress after the SIT arrested the 'masked man', a 50-year-old complainant in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, over allegedly making fabricated claims in the case. BJP's Amit Malviya said, "Congress government...legitimised his baseless allegations without a shred of prima facie evidence." "He's reported to have confessed that he did all this for...₹2 lakh," he added.