Overview

• Chaitra is accused of slipping sleeping pills and other powders into meals over several months to conceal her extramarital relationship.
• Her husband, Gajendra, sought medical help on May 26 after experiencing dizziness and chest pain, prompting a doctor to suspect food poisoning.
• An FIR was filed on June 2 under sections 352, 351(2) and 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita before Chaitra’s arrest.
• Investigators say Shivu, her second affair partner, assisted in the poisoning scheme and remains at large.
• Two sons and in-laws who fell ill are receiving treatment for symptoms including trembling and memory loss.