Delhi: Builder held for poisoning wife, her family members with thallium

A Delhibased builder has been arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife and other family members by mixing a toxin called thallium in their food police said on ThursdayA senior police officer said the accused Varun Arora was inspired by articles related to the toxin and its use by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and used it to kill his motherinlaw and his sisterinlaw His wife who was also poisoned is on ventilator support at a hospital police saidArora mixed the toxin in their food to take revenge from his wife and her family members for helping her abort their child without his consent police saidOn Monday police received information that a woman named Anita Devi Sharma who was a resident of Inder Puri here had been declared dead at Sir Ganga Ram HospitalThe doctors had opined that the death was caused due to poisoning by thallium which had been detected in her blood and urine a senior police officer saidOn enquiry it was found that Sharmas daughter Divya was also admitted in the ICU of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and she too was undergoing treatment for thallium poisoning She was on ventilator support the officer saidSometime later it was also revealed that Priyanka Sharmas younger daughter had died during treatment at B L Kapoor Hospital on February 15 and doctors had detected symptoms of thallium poisoning in her like hair loss and burning feet syndrome police saidSharmas husband Devendra Mohan was also found to have symptoms of thallium poisoning while the maid who was working at their house also had undergone treatment at RML Hospital for similar symptoms the officer saidInvestigations revealed that the deceased womans soninlaw Arora had visited them January and brought cooked fish for themAfter we registered the case Arora was interrogated in which he admitted to have procured thallium and also administering it to his motherinlaw Anita wife Divya fatherinlaw Devender Mohan and sisterinlaw Priyanka to take revenge from them Arora said he had been humiliated by his inlaws Deputy Commissioner of Police west Urvija Goel saidThallium was recovered from his house at Greater Kailash the DCP saidDuring interrogation Arora told the police that during the time when his father died his wife had also gotten pregnant leading him to believe that his father had come back to his family in the form of the child police saidHowever when his wife underwent some tests the doctors told them that there may be some complications during child birth and her life may be in danger She consulted Arora and also opined that she should abort the child but Arora refused police saidAroras wife however discussed the matter with her parents and aborted the baby with their help When Arora came know about it he planned to take revenge from them police addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever