Story of two younger, well-liked victims of home violence

It feels fairly pure to attract parallels between vlogger Rifa Mehnu who died in Dubai in March and model-turned actress Shahana Sajjad who died just a few days in the past.

Whereas one belonged to Kozhikode by start, the opposite was associated by marriage. Apart from their shared mode of demise, the 2 have been comparable in quite a lot of elements. They have been each younger, engaging, bold and well-liked of their respective circles. Each married very younger and have been allegedly victims of home violence.

The preliminary investigations have proven that Rifa’s husband Mehnas was jealous of her recognition via her vlogs and resented her followers. As for Shahana, who had modelled for a number of jewelleries and had lately bagged a lead function in a film, her husband was a drug peddler and not using a common revenue resulting from which he tortured her for cash.

Shahna Sajad

They each had married very younger. Rifa Mehnu was barely 17 whereas Shahana was simply 19 once they bought married. “This proves but once more how fallacious it’s to get women married so younger.  They will not be mature sufficient to deal with the stress concerned with married life”, stated  V.P. Suhara, president of Nisa, the Progressive Muslim Girls’s discussion board primarily based in Kozhikode, expressing appreciation over the current regulation that raised the marriageable age of ladies to 21.

Ms. Zuhra introduced up the not-so-old incident of the suicide of a regulation pupil in Ernakulam district in comparable circumstances. “By inflicting bodily and psychological torture and pushing the ladies in direction of suicide, the boys are most likely attempting to keep away from the complexities of divorce,” she added.

These in misery or having suicidal tendencies could search assist by contacting Thanal, a counselling assist centre, at 04952760000, WhatsApp 7902281306.