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India Today
30-06-2025
- India Today
Three Karnataka cops suspended after tribal man wrongly jailed for wife's murder
Three police officers have been suspended after a tribal man from Karnataka, who was wrongly imprisoned for nearly two years in connection with the alleged murder of his wife, was acquitted in April 2025. The action followed strong criticism from the 5th Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru, which faulted the police for serious lapses in the investigation. The suspension was ordered by the Inspector General of Police (Southern Range) Police Inspector GB Prakash and Sub-Inspectors Prakash Ettinamani and Mahesh have been suspended for their role in the wrongful arrest and man, Suresh, a member of the Jenukuruba tribal community from Basavanahalli village in Kushalnagar taluk, had filed a missing person complaint in 2020 with the Kushalnagar Rural Police after his wife, Mallige, went missing. However, when skeletal remains were later recovered in the jurisdiction of the Bettadapura police, officers pressured Suresh to identify them as his wife's. He was subsequently arrested and charged with her murder, spending 18 months in judicial custody. A year later, DNA testing confirmed that the remains did not belong to Mallige. Just days after the test results, Mallige was found alive and living with another man in Shettihalli village, about 30 kilometres from Madikeri. Following the discovery, the Mysuru court acquitted Suresh and condemned the police conduct in the with the limited accountability, Suresh had recently approached the Karnataka High Court seeking Rs 5 crore in compensation and criminal action against the officers responsible. In his petition, he had named five officers, including then Investigating Officer Inspector Prakash BG, then Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar, Sub-Inspectors Prakash Yattimani and Mahesh BK, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Somashekara. He had accused them of fabricating evidence, abusing their authority, and arresting him without due the High Court had earlier directed the Karnataka Home Department to pay Suresh Rs 1 lakh in compensation, he has challenged the amount and the absence of broader accountability by filing a criminal appeal seeking financial damages. - Ends IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
India Today
26-06-2025
- India Today
Karnataka man jailed for wife's ‘murder' seeks Rs 5 crore after she was found alive
A tribal man from Karnataka who spent nearly two years in prison for the alleged murder of his wife, who was later found alive, has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking Rs 5 crore in compensation and criminal action against the police officers involved in his wrongful Suresh, a resident of Basavanahalli in Kushalnagar taluk, was acquitted with full honours in April 2025 by the 5th Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru. The court had also directed the Karnataka Home Department to pay him Rs 1 lakh in compensation. Unhappy with the nominal amount and the limited scope of accountability, Suresh has now filed a criminal appeal in the High his petition, Suresh has named five officers, including then Investigating Officer Inspector Prakash BG, then Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar, Sub-Inspectors Prakash Yattimani and Mahesh BK, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Somashekara. He has accused them of fabricating evidence, abusing their positions, and orchestrating his arrest without due process. Suresh is seeking both financial damages and criminal proceedings against the case dates back to 2021, when Suresh filed a missing person's complaint after his wife, Mallige, disappeared. In 2022, skeletal remains were recovered in the Bettadapura police station limits of neighbouring Mysuru district. With no clear identification, police suspected the remains to be those of Mallige. Suresh and his mother-in-law were allegedly coerced into confirming the identity of the remains, despite the absence of a DNA this basis, Suresh was arrested and charged with Mallige's murder. He remained in custody for nearly 18 months until a DNA test, ordered by the court, confirmed that the remains were not Mallige's. Suresh was then granted bail and a turn of events in April 2025, Mallige was spotted alive by Suresh's friends while she was dining at a restaurant in Madikeri. She was taken into custody and produced before the Mysuru court by Bettadapura police. Her reappearance raised serious questions about the conduct of the investigation, the handling of forensic evidence, and whether the case involved gross negligence or deliberate the Sessions Court had recommended legal action against Inspector Prakash BG alone for tampering with evidence, Suresh's appeal seeks to extend criminal liability to all five officers named in the case. He has also requested that the High Court amend the Sessions Court judgment to describe him as a 'victim' rather than an 'accused'.Investigations are ongoing to trace Mallige's whereabouts over the past three years and to understand the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.- Ends IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
