The police assumed it was a drunken brawl. But when Inspector Shankar reached the sprawling house, he found a scene that did not fit any template. A young, beautiful woman—Neeraj Kumari—lay on a crumpled bed, her silk nightie twisted, her limbs cold. Beside her knelt Dr. Sujatha Kumar, a respected cardiac anesthesiologist, trembling.
Prologue: The City of Palaces Turns Pale Mysore, the city of sandalwood, silk, and the illuminated Vrindavan Gardens, was asleep under a dewy December sky in 1992. On the posh, tree-lined road of Gokulam, inside the quiet bungalow of Dr. Sujatha Kumar, the air was about to turn venomous. INDIA-S BIGGEST SCANDAL Mysore Mallige
The High Court convicted Dr. Sujatha Kumar. He was sentenced to . The police assumed it was a drunken brawl