Kerala Bride Dies By Suicide Days Before Her Wedding, Boyfriend Slits Wrist

An 18-year-old woman died by suicide in the Malappuram district of Kerala, a day before her wedding. NDTV cited the local reports claiming that the deceased identified as Shaima Sinivar was in a relationship with her 19-year-old neighbour Sajeer.

However, her family arranged a different match and finalised her engagement a week before the wedding. Distressed by this, she hanged herself on the terrace of her uncle’s house, where she had been living since her father’s passing.

Shaima, reportedly informed her family about her relationship with Sajeer and expressed her desire to marry him, but they refused. Struggling with the engagement and the impending wedding, she took her own life.