Chikkamagaluru: Man kills wife with cyanide-laced food over extra-marital affair, arrested
Chikkamagaluru, Dec 13: A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife to death by mixing cyanide in her food in this district, police said on Wednesday.
Shweta (30) was married to Darshan for over seven years and the couple had a four-year-old son. Darshan is a lab technician and owns diagnostic centres in Bengaluru, they said.
The couple lived in Bengaluru and had come to their native village in Devarunda in Chikkamagaluru district three days ago. They shared a strained relationship ever since she discovered about his extra-marital affair which led to frequent quarrels between them, police said.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to having killed his wife by poisoning her food with cyanide, a senior police officer said.
Early on Monday, Darshan's brother informed Shweta's family about her death due to a heart attack. When her family reached Darshan's house, they found minor injury marks on Shweta's body and suspected that a quarrel between Darshan and Shweta on Sunday night might have led to her death, he said.
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The woman's family filed a complaint with the police alleging that their daughter was poisoned to death by her husband. They also shared the audio clip of Shweta in which she was heard requesting the other woman to not get involved with her husband, he added.
The post-mortem report of the deceased revealed the presence of poison in her intestine. The audio clip and autopsy report raised further suspicions on Darshan and during sustained questioning, he confessed to the investigators about killing his wife by mixing cyanide in her food, the officer said.
"A murder case was filed, and Darshan was apprehended on Tuesday evening. According to his admission, he added cyanide to her food. However, we are still awaiting the forensic experts' report to determine the specific chemical he used to cause her death," he added.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
