Kerala High Court Probes Death of Missing Girl and Neighbor Found Hanging

The court has summoned the investigating officer to address allegations of police inaction in the case of a 15-year-old girl and her 42-year-old neighbor found dead after three weeks.

A 15-year-old girl and her 42-year-old neighbor were found hanging from a tree near her home in Kasaragod, Kerala, three weeks after they went missing.
The Kerala High Court has summoned the investigating officer to present the case diary and address allegations of inadequate police action on the initial missing complaint.
The girl’s family filed a missing persons complaint on February 12, a day after she disappeared, and had raised suspicions about the neighbor who also went missing the same day.
Police suspect the deaths to be a case of suicide, but further investigation is underway, with autopsies scheduled at Pariyaram Medical College and Hospital.
Local reports suggest the two were in a purported relationship, though the family was unaware; the girl was a Class 10 student from a financially struggling household.