Jithu Mohan, a Hindu youth from Alappuzha was burnt alive because he loved a Muslim girl. The culprit was the girl's uncle named Wahab who was an officer in the Armed reserve police force. Jithu was reportedly taken to Wahab's house by force where he was doused in petrol and set on fire for refusing to convert to Islam. Incident was on 28th September 2012 Jithu succumbed to his injuries days after being hospitalised at Amrita hospital. He was an up and coming state level football player. Hindu organisation came out in support of the family and led protests for criminal conviction of responsible after the state police tried to cover it up as attempted suicide.
The attitude towards interfaith love marriage among Kerala Muslims is one-sided and hypocritical. They scream for civil rights if a Hindu girl wants convert to Islam and marry a Muslim boy and is opposed by her family but themselves will only support marriages in which the outsider will convert to Islam. If not, the relation is broken up usually through intimidation and violence.
