KOLLAM: Relatives of Vismaya, a Ayurveda medical student who committed suicide due to dowry abuse, has complained to the police that a fake Facebook account with her name has been sending friend requests. The new Facebook account was created with the name Vismaya Vijith and photos of Vismaya's brother Vijith and sister-in-law Dr. Revathy.

About 800 people have been added as friends to the account, which does not have Vismaya's brother or sister-in-law on the friends list. The complaint was lodged after some relatives received friend requests. During the trial of Vismaya's case, the defence had argued in court about the Instagram account which was not maintained by Vismaya's father. The relatives' complaint was also based on this. The Rural SP said the cyber cell will conduct investigation.

Verdict on Monday

The trial in the case of Vismaya's suicide has been completed in the Kollam First Additional Sessions Court. The verdict will be announced on the 23rd of this month.

Vismaya was found dead on June 21, 2021 at her husband's house in Sasthamcotta. The probe led by IG Harshita Atalluri was completed within 90 days and the chargesheet was filed on September 10. The trial began on January 10. In the wake of this case, the Department of Motor Vehicles dismissed Kiran from service.

Kiran Kumar, who was arrested on the night of Vismaya's death, was granted bail by the Supreme Court a month ago as the trial was nearing completion.

The couple got married on May 31, 2019. The prosecution alleges that Kiran abused Vismaya over the car given as dowry. In addition to the physical abuse, he harrased her publicly on August 29, 2020 in Chittumala and demanded another car on January 3, 2021 at Vismaya's house in Nilamel. According to the prosecution, Vismaya committed suicide as she could not bear the torture. Kiran Kumar has been charged with dowry abuse, taking dowry, abetement to suicide, dowry death, torture and intimidation.