Printed on: Aug 13, 2025 08:00 am IST
The 23-year-old girl of Christian religion, a TTC (Instructor Coaching Course) scholar in Kothamangalam, was discovered lifeless at her house on August 9
Days after a 23-year-old girl in Kerala’s Kothamangalam died by suicide after blaming her boyfriend and his household of pressurising her to transform to his religion, her household on Tuesday demanded the probe to be handed over to the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA).
The mom of the deceased ay wrote to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state police chief Ravada A Chandrasekhar requesting an NIA probe into the case citing her daughter’s alleged torture by her boyfriend and his household to transform her to his religion earlier than marrying her.
The 23-year-old girl of Christian religion, a TTC (Instructor Coaching Course) scholar in Kothamangalam, was discovered lifeless at her house on August 9. In a purported suicide notice recovered by the police later, she had written about being uncared for by her boyfriend Ramees (24) and refusing to marry her. Within the notice, she additionally reportedly acknowledged that she was tortured by him and his household at their house when she refused to transform to his religion earlier than marriage.
Her brother advised the media that though she was initially in favour of non secular conversion, she modified her thoughts after her father’s dying up to now 12 months. Ramees was arrested on Monday and booked on expenses of abetment to suicide, rape below the pretext of marriage, wrongful confinement and voluntarily inflicting harm.
The deceased’s mom has alleged that the native police have booked the accused on “mild” expenses and demanded a probe by the central company into allegations of non secular conversion.
A senior police officer advised HT on Tuesday that they’re nonetheless investigating and gathering proof to find out if the accused and his household tried to forcibly convert the deceased girl.
“We’re nonetheless investigating the angle of non secular conversion and searching for authorized opinion on whether or not felony expenses could be invoked alongside these traces,” she stated.
She additionally confirmed that the accused Ramees’ mother and father, who have been questioned on Tuesday, can be booked for abetment to suicide and different expenses. “They are going to be arrested quickly,” she stated.
A nine-member particular investigation workforce (SIT) led by Muvattupuzha deputy superintendent of police (DySP) was introduced on Tuesday to analyze the case.
