Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said the government is monitoring social media for posts related to alleged mass burial in Dharmasthala and warned of action against those who could "instigate feelings in the society".

The state government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the claims of alleged mass murder, rape and mass burials in Dharmasthala over the past two decades.

These claims were made by an anonymous former sanitation worker, who claimed that he was forced to bury several bodies, including those of women and minors, in Dharmasthala between 1995 and 2014.