Overview
- An FIR for abetment to suicide was registered on January 19 by Kozhikode Medical College police against Shimjitha Musthafa, 35, under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The Kerala State Human Rights Commission ordered a high-level inquiry led by the North Zone DIG and sought a report within a week, listing the matter for February 19 in Kozhikode.
- U Deepak, 42, was found hanging at his Govindhapuram residence on January 18; police first recorded an unnatural-death case before adding abetment charges based on family complaints.
- The video, recorded January 16 on a crowded KSRTC bus, shows the man’s elbow brushing the woman; she called it a boundary violation, while many viewers said it looked accidental, and both sides faced online abuse.
- Investigators are recording statements from the woman, bus staff, and relatives and analysing original and edited versions of the clip as the family pursues legal action.