In yet another chilling case of what has come to be seen as an organised ‘love jihad’ network targeting vulnerable women in Kerala, a 23-year-old Christian woman, Sona Eldos, a TTC student, was driven to suicide after relentless harassment, religious coercion, and emotional abuse by her Muslim boyfriend and his associates.
Police have arrested the prime accused, Ramiz, on charges of abetment to suicide and causing bodily harm. Evidence gathered by investigators indicates that Ramiz physically assaulted Sona. Her handwritten suicide note, now made public, reveals the deep trauma and sustained pressure she endured in the name of love, ultimately pushing her to end her life.
Sona’s note paints a harrowing picture of betrayal, manipulation, and religious conversion coercion. Ramiz had initially promised to marry her, only to later renege under pressure from his family. Instead, both he and his family forced her to embrace Islam, making it a precondition for marriage. “I forgave Ramiz, who was caught in immoral trafficking. But he proved time and again that he did not love me. He forgot everything and forced me to convert,” she wrote.
She detailed how Ramiz took her to his house under the pretext of arranging a registered marriage, only to reveal that a wedding would be conducted with his family only if she converted. The girl, already grieving her father’s death, described feeling alienated after Ramiz’s parents, fully aware of his immoral activities, took no action against him. A man named Sahad, identified in her letter, dissuaded Ramiz from marrying her, further isolating her.
Sona recounted that even after she agreed to convert, Ramiz, his friends, and family continued to be cruel to her, making it clear she would not only have to change her religion but also live permanently in his house under their control.
Her final words are a devastating indictment of the forces that drove her to the brink: “The above-mentioned people, who had weakened me after my father’s death, have brought me to my death today. I am leaving. Mom and brother, please forgive me. I’m going to my father.”
This tragedy once again exposes the systematic targeting of young Hindu and Christian women in Kerala by radicalised elements using deceit, emotional exploitation, and religious coercion to entrap and convert them. Far from being isolated, such incidents reveal a disturbing, organised pattern, where victims are first lured into relationships, then pressured into abandoning their faith, and finally broken mentally and emotionally when they resist.
Sona’s death is not just a personal tragedy, it is a grim reminder of a growing menace in Kerala that demands urgent, uncompromising action from society and law enforcement before more innocent lives are destroyed.
