The deceased has been identified as Kamala (27), wife of Krishnappa Mugera
According to police Mugera was caught red-handed by Forest officials while smuggling bamboo from Gundya forest and escaped after assaulting the sleuths. The incident happened a few days after Kamala married the accused.
To evade arrest, Mugera turned into a fugitive and began residing in the forest. His newly wed-wife was forced to run errands and supply food to his hide-out.
On Tuesday evening she accidentally drowned in a pond at Addole near Shirady village in Uppinagady. Her dead body was found with food, a packet of beedis and a torch.
Mugera and his brother Regappa, who turned up at the funeral in Kalara near Kadaba were promptly arrested by the police.
Uppinangady police have registered a case based on a complaint from Kamala's brother.
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