Bengaluru, Nov. 12 -- A woman presumed murdered has been found alive in Karnataka's Mandya district, nearly three years after the man accused of killing her was jailed.

The incident dates back to 2019, when the woman, Manju, went missing from Pandavapura town. Her father, Nagaraju, lodged a missing-person complaint at the Pandavapura police station. During the investigation, police reportedly found that Manju made her last phone call using Rajesh's mobile phone, after meeting him at the Pandavapura bus stand.

Based on this lead, police registered a murder case against Rajesh, a resident of Ragimuddanahalli, in 2021. He was subsequently arrested and sent to judicial custody.

'Forced tortured into confessing'

Rajesh alleged that police ...