In Kerala 'LOVE' is a death trap, 350 girls die in 4 years

Women in Kerala should be wary of being loved. In the last four years alone, 350 young girls had lost their lives due to love affairs. Of the total cases, around 10 girls were killed by their stalkers as their love proposals were rejected and the remaining 340 had committed suicide for having faced 'love failure'.

Thiruvananthapuram: 'Prema' in Malayalam should be understood with a degree of caution. If you have any qualms, here's a brief stat: In the last four years alone, 350 young girls had lost their lives, all because of love affairs. Of the total number, around 10 girls were killed by their stalkers as their love proposals were spurned off and the remaining 340 had committed suicide for 'love failure'.

Love is the most romantic feeling any youth across the world would nurture. While many still live with a successful love story behind them, many still eagerly wait for a wonderful story to happen and still some others live with the love that they lost in the past. But in Kerala, love has become something that often ends with revenge leading to mindless acts.

Passion crimes took the lives of two girls last year, both by their stalkers who had sought revenge for having turned down their proposal. Last year, 96 girls killed themselves in the name of love affairs.

Health Minister Veena George had revealed these statistics in the Legislative Assembly as an answer to the question raised by opposition MLA MK Muneer.

In 2019, five girls were killed by their stalkers and 88 girls committed suicide, again in the name of love. In 2018, 76 girls committed suicide for either failure in love or for not getting what they expected from their partner. In 2017, 80 girls committed suicide while three unfortunate girls became victims of the revenge of their stalkers.

Passion Murders:

1. On June 17, 2021, a 21-year-old woman was stabbed 22 times by her stalker, killing her on the spot at Elanad in Malappuram. The victim's 13-year-old sister had also suffered serious injuries when she tried to stop the accused from attacking her sister. Both the girl and boy knew each other from their childhood days and ever since he had been proposing to her. He even contacted her parents and expressed his wish to marry her. But the parents lodged a police complaint against him as it was against the wishes of the girl. The accused, then sought revenge by barging into the house of the victim and murdered her. He was later nabbed by the police.

2. On July 30, 2021, a dental student, pursuing her 'House Surgency' was shot dead by her stalker at Kothamangalam. The accused secured a gun for this purpose from Bihar, went and stayed in an area where the girl was residing and shot the girl when he got an opportunity. He then shot himself to death.

3. On January 6, 2020, a 19-year-old was murdered by her stalker (20), at Karakonam in Thiruvananthapuram. The accused had barged into the house of the victim and slit her throat. However, the girl too in the melee had attacked the accused. Both the girl and the boy succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital. Relatives of the victim told media that both shared a relationship earlier but parted ways in between. But the boy continued to stalk the girl and a complaint was even filed against him by her.

4. In another case, two 'Tik Tokers' who were deeply in love turned arch-rivals post break up. The victim an engineering student in Thrissur was then murdered by her ex-lover, at her house in April 2019. The accused barged into the girl's house, dragged her to the bathroom and then slit her throat and hacked her 12 times. Not stopping with that, he even poured petrol on her and set her ablaze.

5. A 20-year old stabbed a girl, poured petrol on her and set her ablaze at Kumbanad in March 2019. The reason for this heinous act was that the girl had rejected the accused's love proposal. The girl suffered over 50 per cent burn injuries and died in the hospital a few days later. The boy also tried to commit suicide but the police managed to arrest him before he could harm himself.

6. In February 2018, a 19-year-old BSc student from Kasaragod was stabbed to death by her classmate in Mangalore, the reason again was her denial of a love proposal by the accused. The boy had been stalking the girl and even dropped out of his engineering college to join the same college where the girl studied. Though the girl had turned down his demand many a time, he continued to pester her. At one point she threatened to complain to the principal, which infuriated the accused, resulting in the murder. The boy too tried to kill himself by cutting his vein but was saved.

7. A 32-year-old woman police officer, who was married and is a mother to three children was hacked and then burnt alive by her colleague at Kanjipuzha in Alappuzha in June 2019. The reason was that the woman civil police officer had turned down the marriage proposal from her colleague. The accused had rammed the woman's car, hacked her and then burnt her alive pouring petrol on her. However, the accused also suffered burn injuries during the attack.