The case related to the unnatural death of a young woman witnessed a twist when the Ernakulam Rural police in Kerala on Monday (August 11, 2025) arrested her friend on charges of abetment to suicide and alleged sexual abuse on the promise of marriage. The arrested was identified as Rameez, 24.
The 23-year-old woman was allegedly found hanging in her house at Kothamangalam on Saturday (August 9, 2025). Initially, the Kothamangalam police registered a case of unnatural death. However, the police stumbled up on a suicide note, reportedly written by the deceased, during the preparation of mahazar on Sunday.
“Based on the accusations in the suicide note, we took the accused into custody on Monday. After interrogating him, we have invoked additional charges against him. The two had been batchmates during graduation at a college in Aluva and had decided to marry. However, Rameez seems to have backtracked and had not been attending her calls or even responding to her messages of late. He also blocked her on WhatsApp,” said the police.
The accused has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc) and 108 (abetment to suicide). He was also booked under BNS Section 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) on charges that he slapped her.
