Kerala: Couple ends life after daughter elopes with lover in Kollam

A couple reportedly committed suicide in a south Kerala district allegedly after being depressed because their collegegoing daughter eloped with her lover the police said reported the PTIThe deceased were residents of Pavumba in Kollam of Kerala as per the PTIQuoting some of their relatives police said that the couple were mentally down over their daughters relationship and the fact that she had eloped without considering their request to give it up according to the PTIThey consumed an overdose of some pills on Saturday nightWhile the wife died last night her husbands death was confirmed early Sunday morning police addedMeanwhile in an another incident a Joint Entrance Examination JEE aspirant from Jharkhand was brought dead to a city hospital after he suddenly fell ill while chatting with friends at his paying guest accommodation police on Friday said the PTI reportedThe 18yearold boy a student of class 12 appeared in the JEEMains exam held recently and scored good marks Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhawani Singh saidThe deceased a resident of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand was chatting with his friends in their room at the paying guest accommodation facility late Thursday night when he fell ill the police officer said as per the PTIThe friends made him rest for a bit and called his family members but when his condition worsened they called an ambulance and took him to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead he saidAccording to DSP Singh the boy was reportedly not suffering from any major disease however he had a cold and coughAn autopsy was underway at the citys MBS hospital and the report was awaited he saidThe DSP said that the boys father who reached Kota on Friday morning requested for delay in the postmortem until the other members of his family arriveThe exact reason of the death would be clear only after the autopsy report he addedSpeaking to the media outside the mortuary on Friday afternoon the boys father said that his son was a brilliant student and qualified the recentJEEMains exam with 98 percentile and was sure of admission in IIT MumbaiThe boys father said that his son never suffered from any disease and he would speak to him daily He added that he however didnt speak to his son on ThursdayThe boys father said that his son would some times speak of pressure of studies in the coaching institute but he was very strong and could never commit suicideHe added that he demanded an impartial investigation to ascertain the actual cause of his son deathThe boys father said that his son was in Kota for two years and was promoted to the upper batch for outstanding performance in his test in the coaching institute in class 11with PTI inputs