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Wife poisoned, killed husband and mother in law for full control of his company


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images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwYnXLeQ4kfs0K0VfjWTO"It is a case of double murder," stated the chargesheet filed on Monday in the deaths of Santacruz businessman Kamalkant Shah and his mother. "His wife Kajal Shah, with the help of her paramour, procured arsenic and thallium, which were used to slowly kill the mother-son duo with the intention of usurping his property," it added.

An officer told Mid-day that "there is enough evidence to prove that both were killed with the help of arsenic and thallium procured from Punjab and Byculla with the help of some dealers." 

 

"Kajal was one of the three directors in Kamalkant*s garment company, besides him and his mother. After murdering them both, she got full control of the company. Both Kajal and Jain were procuring poison since June and July," the chargesheet mentioned.

 

"Kamalkant*s mother Sarla Devi was administered arsenic and thallium through food," the charge sheet stated. She was hospitalised for stomach pain and died due to multiple organ failure on August 13, 2022.

 

The chargesheet further added that "as no one was suspicious of Sarla*s death, the accused conspired to eliminate Kamalkant, too, it said. They procured arsenic from a dealer based in Byculla who is known to Jain, and thallium from Punjab."

"We have recorded their statements under 164 CrPc. There are witnesses and forensic reports, which confirm that Shah and his mother were killed by slow poisoning," the officer told Mid-day.

The crime branch, however, has no direct evidence in Sarla Devi*s murder case, as she was cremated and there was no blood report on metal tests. However, an officer privy to the investigation said: "There are witnesses and evidence that arsenic was procured in August, too, which confirms that the poison was used to eliminate her."

The matter had come to light last year, when Bombay Hospital doctors treating Kamalkant noticed that there was zero growth in his hair, beard and moustache. They recommended metal tests and the reports showed high levels of arsenic and thallium. The doctors informed the police.

Kamalkant died on September 19, and his post-mortem report confirmed that it was a clinically diagnosed case of poison.

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While Santacruz-based businessman Kamalkant Shah (46) was battling for his life in a hospital due to poison administered by his wife and her lover, the accused duo shared text messages about giving him more poison mixed with water to stop any chances of survival, stated the chargesheet submitted by the police on Monday. 

On August 24 last year, Shah was admitted to a private hospital after he complained of stomach pain. The hospital test report showed the presence of high levels of thallium and arsenic in his blood; he died on September 19. 

The crime branch took up the probe and found the alleged involvement of Shah's wife, Kajal alias Kavita (46), and her lover, Hitesh Jain (45).

Shah's housing society sweeper, a witness in the case, told cops after his death, Kajal gave away two new earthen pots (in which thallium and arsenic had been mixed with water). Kajal's house help would serve milk and water to Sarla Devi but the former, as part of the ploy, got him engaged in some work or the other and began serving it herself. 

Jain even orchestrated a fake attempt on his life on Mumbai-Nashik highway. Nashik police submitted a report that the injuries were self-inflicted. Jain impersonated as a pharma company staffer while buying 500 gram of thallium. "Jain used the word arsenic 105 times and 156 times thallium while browsing the internet. The duo used Telegram and WhatsApp chats to ask how much quantity of these chemicals should be administered," the chargesheet stated. The probe was carried out by inspector Deepak Pawar under DCP Krishnakant Upadhyay and joint CP (crime) Lachmi Gautam.

 

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