Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) New details have emerged in the investigation into the alleged plot to poison a large number of people during the Muharram procession in Mumbai. Accused Faiyaz Premji allegedly told the police that his intention was not to kill anyone but to cause distress during the Muharram procession. According to investigators, he had even conducted a trial run before the incident to determine the dosage that could prove fatal. Based on the results, he allegedly prepared one-gram packe…
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Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) Investigators probing the alleged mass poisoning attempt during a Muharram procession in Mumbai have uncovered what they describe as a meticulously planned operation involving online purchases, AI-assisted research, and thousands of poison-filled capsules prepared over several days. According to Mumbai police sources, 39-year-old Fayaz Premji, a Pune resident who was arrested on June 27 near Rahmatabad graveyard, allegedly intended to poison thousands of people by distribu…
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) The mysterious death of four members of the same family in Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar area is suspected to have been caused by zinc phosphide or rat poison detected in toxicology tests conducted on their bodies and the watermelon they consumed, the police said on Thursday. The toxicology and other scientific reports from the Forensic Science Laboratory confirmed the presence of zinc phosphide – a dark grey, crystalline compound used as a rodenticide against such small mammals …