Overview

• Police arrested Sunita Devi on June 17 after her mother-in-law filed a murder complaint following her husband’s sudden illness and death
• Budhnath Singh collapsed on June 15 after eating a chicken dish later found to contain pesticide, authorities say
• Investigators say Sunita persuaded Singh to buy pesticide under the pretext of tending a kitchen garden
• She confessed to lacing the chicken with the chemical and admitted stashing two backup packets in her blouse
• Local residents have alleged Sunita carried on an affair, prompting police to probe possible accomplices as they await post-mortem and forensic results