00:00Misidentified body, wrongful arrest, and two years behind bars.
00:10This is the story of Suresh, a tribal man from Karnataka who moaned his wife, performed
00:14her last rites, and then spent nearly two years in prison accused of her murder.
00:18But his wife, Malige, wasn't dead.
00:20She was alive, well, and found casually dining at a restaurant in Madikere.
00:24Suresh lived in Basavanahalli, a village in Kushalnagar taluk of Karnataka's Kodagu
00:29district.
00:30In 2021, his wife, Malige, suddenly went missing.
00:33Suresh filed a complaint.
00:35There were no clues, no leads.
00:37A year later in 2022, skeletal remains were found near the Betadapura police station in
00:41neighboring Mysuru district.
00:43Police suspected it was Malige.
00:45They allegedly pressurized Suresh and his mother-in-law, Gauri, into identifying the
00:49remains as Malige despite no DNA confirmation.
00:52There was no forensic match, but based on this supposed identification alone, police
00:56arrested Suresh.
00:58He was charged with murder, Suresh was thrown behind bars.
01:01He waited, he grieved, and he held on to the hope that the truth would come out.
01:06It wasn't until a court-ordered DNA test proved that the remains did not belong to Malige
01:10that Suresh was granted bail and released.
01:13But the real twist came on 3rd April 2025.
01:16Suresh's friends spotted a familiar face checking into a hotel in Madikere.
01:20It was Malige.
01:21She was alive, she was healthy, and she wasn't alone.
01:24Her lover was with her.
01:25The friends acted fast.
01:27They took photos and alerted the authorities.
01:29Malige was taken into custody and produced before a court in Mysuru.
01:33The case triggered outrage.
01:35How did the police arrest a man without confirmed identity of the body?
01:39Why was there no proper investigation?
01:41Was it negligence or something worse?
01:43Authorities are now under pressure to answer.
01:46Investigations are underway to trace Malige's movements over the past three years and to
01:49uncover what really happened in this chilling tale of loss, betrayal and a system gone wrong.
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