In the past weeks, the Malayalam press has been abuzz with a case of gruesome murder — by a young, highly-educated woman named Greeshma who plotted murder to end a relationship that she did not wish to continue. In 2022, she poisoned her boyfriend who was apparently reluctant to end the relationship. He died a slow and painful death. It was subsequently found that the murder was a family conspiracy — and that the woman’s mother and maternal uncle were accomplices. The police investigation revealed that Greeshma had committed premeditated murder; the Neyyatinkara Sessions Court awarded the 24-year-old the death sentence, calling the murder “brutal, gruesome, diabolical, and revolting.”