Kollam: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday made an emotional appeal to women to say no to dowry when it was demanded during the time of marriages and expressed willingness to be part of any “organised” voluntary movement to create awareness against the menace.
Terming dowry as an “evil”, he said a general social awareness should be created about its unholy aspects and urged NGOs or volunteers, who selflessly work for public causes, to create a special movement against it.
He was speaking after visiting the house of Vismaya, an Ayurveda medical student who was recently found dead in husband’s house under mysterious circumstances after she had complained of dowry harassment, at Nilamel here.
The death of the newly-wed woman and a series of photos and WhatsApp chats, sent by her to relatives exposing the alleged mental and physical torture she suffered over dowry, has shaken the conscience of the society and kicked up a widespread debate on social media platforms…