<p class="title">A day after the body of Kevin P Joseph (23) was recovered from a canal in Chaliyekkara in Kollam district, police have arrested two key suspects in connection with the case.</p>.<p class="title">Chacko and Shanu Chacko, the father and brother of Kevin’s wife Neenu, were detained in Kannur by a Special Investigation Team.</p>.<p class="title">It was reported that Kevin was abducted from his home in Mannanam, in Kottayam district, on Sunday by a group of men led by Shanu. Four others are in police custody in connection with what is suspected to be an incident of honour killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kevin's body was found four days after his marriage with Neenu was registered against the wishes of her family.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neenu, a native of Thenmala in Kollam, had approached the Gandhinagar Police in Kottayam on Sunday, stating that Kevin and his relative Anish were abducted by some men, including her brother.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police, it is alleged, failed to initiate prompt action. Gandhinagar Sub Inspector M S Shibu was suspended and Kottayam Superintendent of Police V M Mohammed Rafeeque was transferred in the wake of the allegations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, hundreds bid an emotional farewell to Kevin at a funeral at the Good Shepherd Church cemetery in Kottayam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front and the BJP had called for a shutdown in the district on Tuesday. Reports quoting from the post-mortem report said Kevin was likely to have died after drowning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kevin, an electrician from a Dalit Christian family, and Neenu, daughter of a Christian father and Muslim mother, had decided to marry after Neenu's family raised objection to their two-year-long relationship and finalised her marriage with another man.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death has set off a series of protests led by the opposition Congress against the ineffective policing under the CPM-led state government.</p>
<p class="title">A day after the body of Kevin P Joseph (23) was recovered from a canal in Chaliyekkara in Kollam district, police have arrested two key suspects in connection with the case.</p>.<p class="title">Chacko and Shanu Chacko, the father and brother of Kevin’s wife Neenu, were detained in Kannur by a Special Investigation Team.</p>.<p class="title">It was reported that Kevin was abducted from his home in Mannanam, in Kottayam district, on Sunday by a group of men led by Shanu. Four others are in police custody in connection with what is suspected to be an incident of honour killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kevin's body was found four days after his marriage with Neenu was registered against the wishes of her family.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neenu, a native of Thenmala in Kollam, had approached the Gandhinagar Police in Kottayam on Sunday, stating that Kevin and his relative Anish were abducted by some men, including her brother.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police, it is alleged, failed to initiate prompt action. Gandhinagar Sub Inspector M S Shibu was suspended and Kottayam Superintendent of Police V M Mohammed Rafeeque was transferred in the wake of the allegations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Tuesday, hundreds bid an emotional farewell to Kevin at a funeral at the Good Shepherd Church cemetery in Kottayam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front and the BJP had called for a shutdown in the district on Tuesday. Reports quoting from the post-mortem report said Kevin was likely to have died after drowning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kevin, an electrician from a Dalit Christian family, and Neenu, daughter of a Christian father and Muslim mother, had decided to marry after Neenu's family raised objection to their two-year-long relationship and finalised her marriage with another man.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death has set off a series of protests led by the opposition Congress against the ineffective policing under the CPM-led state government.</p>