‘Honour killing’ of youth triggers protests in Kerala

Kerala 'honour killing': police cited CM's visit as excuse not to trace my husband, says wife

The latest in the string of embarrassments came on Monday when the police found itself in a spot over the troubling question whether its officers, due to an extraneous influence, had hung back from actively pursuing the kidnappers of Kevin, the victim of what is widely perceived to be a honour killing.

Earlier this month, the police lost face over the delay to prosecute a child abuse case in Edappal in Malappuram despite receiving visual evidence... http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kevins-death-deals-another-blow-to-state-polices-image/article24017865.ece


The murder, presumably a case of honour killing, also triggered a huge debate about the State’s actual achievements in social inclusion as the deceased youth, Kevin P. Joseph, belonged to a family of converted Christians and his wife Neenu Chacko, 20, a second year B.Com student, belonged to the family of an inter-religious married couple, her father a Catholic and mother a Muslim.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/honour-killing-of-youth-triggers-protests-in-state/article24017555.ece

Misplaced sense of honour

The body of 23-year-old Kevin P Joseph, a Dalit Christian, was found floating in a stream a day after he went missing. Earlier, frantic pleas by Kevin’s father and the victim’s 20-year-old wife Neenu, a Roman Catholic, had fallen on the deaf ears of the local police.



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