KOCHI: The girl who was beaten up by her father and then forced to drink poison for falling in love with a classmate has passed. The ninth class girl from Aluva Karumallur died in a hospital in Kochi. The girl was in love with a classmate of a different religion. The reason for the cruel incident was that the relationship continued despite the father forbidding it.

The girl's father was arrested by the police in the incident. The accused was remanded. The father had forbidden the girl's relationship with her classmate a month ago. The mobile phone was also seized from the girl and a fight broke out at their home last Wednesday due to this. Following this, the father brutally beat the girl after throwing the child's mother and brother out of the house.

The father left after hitting the girl's hand and leg with a rod. When the mother entered the house at this time, she saw that poison had been poured into the child's mouth. The girl was admitted to the hospital on the same day. While undergoing treatment, the girl gave a statement to the police that she was beaten and her father forcefully poured poison in her mouth. However, the father said that he actually knocked down the poison bottle from the girl's hand. Weedicide was poured into the child's mouth. The magistrate reached the hospital and recorded the statement of the child.