Dubai: Days after a judge and his son died, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, after eating chapattis laced with poison, six people including a woman and a tantrik (occultist), were arrested yesterday.
Twitter users in India shared news reports about the arrests made in relation to the mysterious death of Betul district additional and sessions judge, Mahendra Tripathi, and his 33-year-old son earlier this week, two days after they fell ill at dinner.
Reportedly, the accused allegedly also attempted to kill the judge’s wife and their second son, by mixing poison in the flour. Sandhya Singh, the woman who has been arrested, allegedly gave the judge's family poisoned atta or wheat flour, after performing what she claimed was a puja (prayer rituals) to help "maintain harmony at their home".
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According to Indian news reports, on July 20, the judge brought home the flour. On the same day, the family used it to make chapattis for dinner. According to the police, the judge and his two sons ate the chapattis, while the wife had rice for dinner that night. Soon, the judge and his older son started vomiting, the younger son Ashish also felt ill. And, they were taken to a nearby hospital.
However, the judge and the older son fell seriously ill on July 23. As their condition worsened, on July 25 they were shifted to a hospital in Nagpur. The older son died the day they reached Nagpur and, his father died the following day.
The judge's younger son is recovering, according to the police.
The police say their investigations pointed at Sandhya Singh, who runs an NGO, knew the man from the time he was posted in Chhindwara. They later became good friends.
According to most Indian news websites, Singh plotted this because she was unable to meet Tripathi for four months, after his family came to live with him in Betul. It was out of frustration that she conspired to kill him and his family, said the police.
However, one Indian news website said that Singh owed the judge some money, according to the police. And, the motive behind her plan could be because he was asking her to return the amount.
Singh, 45, asked the judge to give her wheat flour for a puja for his family, to help him "get rid of all his problems", the police officer said.
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During initial investigation, the police arrested Singh and her driver Sanju, who then revealed the entire plot, reportedly. Three more people were also arrested based on information provided by Singh. Later, an occultist Baba Ramdayal, who was on the run, was also arrested.
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