Police arrests woman accused of poisoning male friend to death in Kerala

The Crime Branch wing of Kerala Police on Monday arrested the woman accused of poisoning to death her 23yearold male friend after he refused to break up with herEarlier in the day Greeshma 22 had attempted suicide by consuming a disinfectant when she was taken to the toilet at a police station hereThe police arrested her after confirming that her health condition was stable a senior police officer told reporters hereThe officer said a magistrate has recorded her declarationNow we will move a remand application before a magisterial court and a magistrate will come here to the hospital and remand her as she is undergoing treatment he told reportersRural SP D Silpa earlier in the day told reporters that disciplinary action would be taken against the women police personnel who were deputed to supervise the accused and had taken her to another toilet than the one designated for herAlso read Mumbai airport opens renovated terminal for business jetsIt was a failure on the part of the officers concerned I will be taking action against them Disciplinary action would be taken against them she had told reporters while confirming that Greeshma had consumed a disinfectantThe officer also said that the accused herself told police what she had done and she was immediately rushed to the hospital where her stomach was washed and she was out of dangerThe officer had also said that Greeshmas arrest would be recorded after her health stabilisesGreeshma who passed out from the Muslim Arts College at Thiruvithancode in Tamil Nadu was a university rank holder in BA EnglishShe was taken into custody on Sunday night after she confessed to having poisoned 23yearold Sharon a native of Parassala in the district as her marriage was fixed with another man police had saidShe had allegedly served an Ayurvedic decoction laced with pesticide to Sharon after inviting him to her house on October 14 ADGP in charge of Law and Order M R Ajith Kumar had told reporters here on SundaySharon died on October 25 after undergoing treatment at the medical college for over 10 daysPolice had also said Greeshma and Sharons relationship ended in February but the latter was not ready to back off from the relationshipHer marriage was fixed with another person She later tried to avoid him in many ways But since nothing worked out she decided to eliminate him Thats what we understand from her statements the ADGP had saidIn his dying declaration Sharon did not mention anything about Greeshma or her role in the poisoningAs his condition worsened the medical college authorities had informed the police suspecting it as a medicolegal case A magistrate recorded his statement on October 20Sharons family has been alleging that the woman had given him some sort of juice or decoction in order to kill himAs the news of her confession came out Sharons father had told the media that the family of the woman was also involved in the crime Not only the girl but her parents are also involved he had allegedThis 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