By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, August 27, 2019: Ten convicted in Kerala’s first honor killing case were awarded double life imprisonment and a fine of 40,000 rupees each. The Principal Sessions Court in Kottayam on August 27 announced the quantum of punishment five days after it found them guilty ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Nov. 7, 2018: A court in Kerala has agreed to consider the murder of a Dalit Christian youth as an incident of honor killing, the first such case in the southern Indian state. Pronouncing its order on a petition moved by Special Prosecutor C SContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Kevin Joseph (26) and Neenu Chacko (20) were natives of Pathanapuram in Kerala, called ‘God’s own country’. However, the state is not only losing that tag for all the wrong reasons. Kevin and Neenu had been in a relationship for three years. Eventually they married.Continue Reading
Kochi: Honor killings, unheard in Kerala, have made their way into the southern Indian state with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recording as many as five cases in since 2014. Barely two months after the murder of a girl by her father, another gruesome case of honor killing hasContinue Reading
