Vipanchika death: Indian Consulate in Sharjah blocks child's funeral
Manorama News also reported that Shyamala will return from Sharjah by July 17, as the autopsy of Vipanjika’s body has not yet been completed.
Manorama News also reported that Shyamala will return from Sharjah by July 17, as the autopsy of Vipanjika’s body has not yet been completed.
Manorama News also reported that Shyamala will return from Sharjah by July 17, as the autopsy of Vipanjika’s body has not yet been completed.
Kollam: Amid the Kerala Police’s probe into the death of a Kollam woman and her one-year-old daughter in Sharjah, the Indian Consulate has intervened to stop the child's funeral being conducted by the father’s family.
Vipanchika (32), a native of Kottankara in Kollam, and her daughter Vybhavi were found dead in Sharjah on July 8. According to a complaint lodged by Vipanchika’s mother, Shylaja, with Kundara police, her daughter was regularly harassed over dowry, humiliated for her appearance, and isolated by her husband and his family. Shylaja has raised serious allegations against Vipanchika’s husband, Nitheesh, and his parents.
Shylaja had already travelled to Sharjah to bring the mortal remains of her daughter and granddaughter back to Kerala. Meanwhile, Nitheesh’s family received the child’s body for the funeral, as authorities upheld that the father has legal rights over the child. Opposing this, Shylaja filed a complaint with the Indian Consulate seeking to have the child’s body handed over to her.
Manorama News reported that the authorities intervened when Nitheesh’s family began the child’s last rites. The funeral ceremony was suspended, and the police took the body back to the mortuary.
According to reports, Nitheesh has been summoned to the Indian Consulate for discussions regarding the child’s funeral. Manorama News also reported that Shylaja will return from Sharjah by July 17, as the autopsy of Vipanchika’s body has not yet been completed.
Shylaja alleged that her granddaughter, Vybhavi, who was just one year old, was physically harmed after Vipanchika confronted Nitheesh about his alleged extramarital relationships. A legal notice for divorce was later sent to Vipanchika. According to Shylaja, her daughter ended her life and that of her baby after receiving the divorce notice. In her complaint, Shylaja accused Nitheesh, his sister Neethu Beni, and their father of abetment to suicide.
Police said a case has been registered under Sections 85 (cruelty by a husband or his relatives towards a woman) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Nitheesh, his father, and his sister have been named as the accused in the case.