Report confirms vlogger Rifa committed suicide

KOZHIKODE: The post mortem report of vlogger and Youtube artiste Rifa Mehnu, 21, who was found dead in her flat in Gulf on 1 March, confirmed that she commited suicide by hanging.

The report said the marks seen on her neck are that of hanging and that there is no mystery in the death, as alleged by her parents.

The results of her internal organs examination is yet to come. Rifa’s parents had alleged that her husband Mehnas, 26, a native of Kasaragod, was behind her death, saying that he showed undue haste in geting the body buried.

Despite the post mortem report, the family will go ahead with the case for abetment to suicide, according to their lawyer.

Rifa’s husband and his family members deceptively claimed the post-mortem was carried out in Gulf, her family stated in their complaint to the police.

Ater geting permission from the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), police exhumed Rifa’s body and autopsy was conducted on May 7.

The investigating officials were not able to conclude the reason behind the alleged suicide of Rifa.

Her family had lodged a complaint with the Kozhikode Rural Superintendent of Police alleging that there was no chance for her to commit suicide and raised suspicion on her husband’s behaviour.

According to the officials, the man was reportedly upset over her social media influence and the increasing number of subscribers to her Youtube channel.

Police believe that the girl hailing from Balussery was a victim of her husband’s alleged mental torture over her social media popularity.

According to Rifa’s family, she had no reason to commit suicide. On the previous day of her death, Rifa who reached home ater work, had video called and spoke to her two-year-old son and parents in Kerala.

The next day, her family came to know about her death. They claimed that there were deliberate atempts to hide the truth and propagate the false information that the post-mortem was conducted in Gulf.