Two women, Sanghamitra Kumbhare and Rosa Ramteke, have been arrested for the serial murder of five family members in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. | Mumbai news
The poison also left two other members and their family driver sick. The three are now stable after treatment, said a statement by Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal
The incident came to light after suspicion grew over the mysterious deaths of five family members in a month. Besides the five who lost their lives to slow poisoning, two family members and a driver are admitted to hospital with similar symptoms.
Two women have been arrested in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district for using a heavy metal-based chemical to kill five members of their family over 20 days and trying to pass off the murders as food poisoning, a senior police official said.