Death of 18-year-old Mishel case takes Kerala by storm, CM orders Crime Branch probe
Kerala (IT): The mysterious death of an 18-year-old student shook Kerala on March 6. A week since Mishel Shaji’s dead body was recovered, people in Kerala demand justice for Mishel’s family who believes their daughter cannot commit suicide. Here is all you need to know about the case.
But Mishel’s father disagrees to the version of police saying, “Police are saying that he is our distant relative and that they were almost set to get married. I don’t know who this man is.”
But CCTV footages from Kaloor Church shows the girl entering the church premises and leaving the same while the footage also shows two men on a bike seemingly following the girl.
Though investigations were advancing, Mishel’s family strongly believes that their daughter will not commit suicide.
Meanwhile, Malayalam actors Kunchacko Boban, Unni Mukundan, Nivin Pauly, Tovino Thomas have raised their voice demanding the police to wake up and give justice to Mishel and her parents. The #JusticeForMishel hashtag has been trending on social media since by Sunday evening.
The brutal rape and murder of a Delhi woman sent shock waves across the country and the nation saw an uprising from the common man, a first of its kind in many years. Gang rapes continued to happen in Delhi and in every other state, but ever since the Nirbhaya case, there are millions who have made a choice to not stay silent. The steady rise in women speaking up about facing sexual harassment and campaigns organised by normal people, people who make a living working very hard, both on social networking platforms and on the ground, are proof.
Mishel Shaji Varghese was just an 18-year-old girl. She went missing on March 5, and was last spotted at St Antony’s Church in Ernakulam’s Kaloor in Kerala that day. The next day, her body was found drowned in Kochi’s Willington Island. Preliminary investigation by the Kerala police suggested Mishel committed suicide, but her family believes their strong daughter wouldn’t resort to killing herself.