A woman and her friend have been arrested for killing the former’s husband, police said. The woman, Kavita and her friend Hitesh Jain were arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch for murdering her husband Kamalkant Shah. Police said she was mixing arsenic and thallium in her husband’s food. He was hospitalised on September 3 due to slow poisoning and died 17 days later.
A case against both the accused has been registered under sections 302,328 and 120(B) of IPC and both of them were arrested. Police produced the accused in the court which sent them to police custody till December 8.
Kamalkant was admitted to Bombay Hospital for treatment and remained admitted till September 19 when he died. During treatment, the same team of doctors conducted heavy metal test of Kamalkant’s blood and the report of that test further deepened the doubt of the doctors. The level of arsenic and thallium found in the body was unusual for any human being.
The case was handed over to Santacruz Police Station for further investigation after the Azad Maidan Police registered a case. however later on the Crime Branch took over the case and started the investigation and took all the medical reports including the statements of the family members including the wife, as well as collected information related to Kamalkant’s diet. Planning with Hitesh, a conspiracy was hatched to remove her husband.
Kamalkant’s health started deteriorating when the amount of arsenic and thallium exceeded in his body. Since both these metals are already present in the body but when the presence exceeds the normal amount, it can act as a poison and this is what happened with Kamalkant. Due to the slow poison which he was fed regularly through his meals, his condition started to deteriorate.