Four years on, Shivamogga quarry blast case probe is back to square one

A lorry carrying explosives and those in and around it were blown to smithereens at a stone-crushing unit near Hunasodu on the outskirts of Shivamogga on January 21, 2021. Five of the dead were identified and three were declared ‘missing’. Four years later, there is no closure for either the families of the victims or the case. The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the chargesheet on the ground that the authority entrusted to investigate the case had no jurisdiction over it. Sathish G.T. revisits the grieving families and the case.