Kerala woman ends life after alleged pressure from lover

Case upgraded from unnatural death to abetment of suicide

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The local police at Kothamangalam in Kerala have taken into custody Ramees from Paravoor in connection with the suicide of 23-year-old Sona Eldhose, a Teacher's Training Course student.

The woman's mother said yesterday that her daughter, Sona, was in love with Ramees for a while, and they were compelling her to embrace their religion.

"She was locked up and beaten last week after she resisted their attempts to take her to Ponnani for converting her. They refused to heed her demand that she is willing to register marriage but not for conversion," said the girl's mother.