Mumbai police to visit Punjab to track source of poison

MUMBAI: The city crime branch probing the slow poisoning case where a woman and her paramour administered deadly chemicals to her husband and his mother told police that the conspiracy was hatched in July and he procured thallium from Punjab and ordered arsenic through online stores.
A police team is likely to visit Punjab and trace the agriculture product shop from where the thallium was procured.Kavita alias Kajal Kamalkant Shah and her paramour Hitesh Jain were produced before the 19th Metropolitan Magistrate court on Monday which remanded them to police custody till December 14. While seeking further custody, investigating officer Deepak Pawar said that the accused is not cooperating in the investigations and the experts have been able to decode only 45 percent of huge contents of data present in the accused mobile handset as there are a lot of images, text messages, Whatsapp chats connected with the case. Police also stated that they also believe that duo have similarly killed Kamalkant's mother Sarla Devi the same way and they also want to know who else helped them or aided and abetted in the crime.
"Accused has been changing statements. Now Jain has claimed that he procure thallium from Punjab and claims that Kajal destroyed the remaining thallium and we are looking for its traces.'' said police while arguing for further remand. Police said that once it is clear from where the thallium was procured, a team is likely to visit and record the statement of the person from whom he brought it.