In the Gadchiroli region of Maharashtra, two ladies from a family have been detained for poisoning their own relatives.
According to the sources, five family members in Gadchiroli perished under strange circumstances over the course of 20 days.
Two women from the same family who were detained on Wednesday were involved in a murderous plot, according to the police investigation.
“While one of the accused, Sanghamitra, was upset with her husband and in-laws, the other, Rosa, was unhappy due to a property dispute,” a police officer was quoted as saying by India Today.
According to the report, the two utilized the tasteless, odorless, and colorless heavy metal arsenic to poison the family members.
“On September 20, Vijaya Kumbhare and Shankar Kumbhare displayed signs of food sickness. The couple’s health steadily deteriorated; they started having bodily aches and ultimately had heart problems as a result of slow poisoning. They were transported to a hospital in Nagpur after initially being brought to a small hospital in Aheri, Chandrapur, and then eventually. On September 26, Shankar Kumbhare passed away. A day later, his wife passed away,” it said.
Additionally, their children, son Roshan Kumbhare and daughters Komal Dahagaokar and Ananda, were admitted to the hospital while the family was still in mourning.
Each each day brought a worsening of their health. Roshan Kumbhare passed away the next day, Komal passed away on October 8 and Ananda passed away on October 14.
“Sagar Kumbhare, the oldest son of Shankar Kumbhare, hurried from Delhi to Chandrapur after learning of the deaths of his family members. But soon after getting back home, he also became unwell,” it said.
Rakesh Madavi, the Kumbhares’ driver who transported Shankar and Vijaya to Chandrapur for treatment, was also admitted to the hospital as his condition deteriorated, it said.
It said that “a relative who was traveling to Chandrapur and Nagpur to assist the family also fell ill and needed treatment.”
the news that all three were said to be in good health.
Similar symptoms, such as tingling in the limbs, excruciating pain in the lower back, headache, darkened lips, and a heavy tongue, were shown by the three family members who are receiving medical treatment and the five who passed away, the report added.
According to the report, the medical officer originally believed that the ill and victims had been poisoned.
Sanghamitra, Roshan Kumbhare’s wife and the daughter-in-law of Shankar Kumbhare, was closely watched throughout the inquiry. Against the wishes of her parents, Sanghamitra wed Roshan. She had been sad ever since her father committed suicide a few months before. Additionally, her husband and her in-laws often made fun of her, which is why she wanted to get rid of them, the article quoted a senior police officer as saying.
Rosa Ramteke was the sister-in-law of Vijaya Kumbhare. She remained at a neighboring residence. She disagreed with Shankar Kumbhare’s wife and her sisters on the distribution of the inherited property of her husband’s parents, the official said.
“Sanghamitra and Rosa worked together to plan the murder of the family members. They started by looking for poisons that might be used to harm family members online,” it stated.
“Rosa Ramteke traveled to Telangana and acquired the poison that was undetectable when combined with food or drink. In reality, when being transported to a hospital in Chandrapur, Shankar Kumbhare and his wife drank poisoned water from a container; Rosa assured them that it contained herbs,” it said.
