Kerala woman’s final cry from Sharjah before killing self & daughter

Vipanchika Maniyan, 33, and her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter were found dead in their Sharjah flat.

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00:00Those were the cries of her mother who lost her daughter thousands of kilometers away in Sharjah,

00:08UAE. Vipanchika Manian, 33, and her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Vya Bhavi were

00:13found dead in their Al Nahada flat in Sharjah on July 8. According to police, Manian first

00:18strangled her daughter and then took her own life. Her final words were scheduled to be auto-posted

00:23on Facebook after her death. The six-page handwritten Malayalam suicide note read,

00:27They strangled me with a belt when I was seven months pregnant, forced rotten shawarma into my

00:32mouth. I can no longer survive. I've tried. There is no love. Only physical and mental torment.

00:37I haven't had enough of my baby's smile. Manian married Nidheesh Malia Vithil,

00:41an Indian expat, in November 2020. The couple moved to Sharjah soon after. But within months

00:47of the wedding, the abuse began. She was systematically harassed for dowry, constantly

00:51taunted for not bringing enough cash or a car. Her husband and in-laws allegedly also confiscated

00:56her identification documents and isolated her from loved ones. According to her mother,

01:00Shamila, the harassment didn't stop at finances. Her in-laws allegedly forced her to cut her hair

01:05to make her less attractive because she was fair-skinned while they were dark.

01:09Vipanchika was physically harmed after she confronted her husband over his alleged affairs.

01:13In her final voice messages, Vipanchika said she didn't want her daughter to grow up in such a home.

01:17I used to silently endure their harassment. They abused me for my salary. I was beaten like a dog.

01:23When I complained about my father-in-law's inappropriate behaviour, my husband said,

01:27I married you not just for myself but for my father too.

01:30On July 8, Sharjah police found the bodies of Vipanchika and her 1.5-year-old daughter Vyabhavi.

01:35Kerala police have now filed cases against Nidheesh, sister-in-law Neetu and father-in-law Mohanan

01:40for dowry harassment, abetment of suicide and cruelty under IPC, Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita

01:45and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The bodies remain in the Sharjah hospital morgue pending legal

01:50decisions over repatriation.