Overview

• The Kothamangalam police arrested the 30-year-old woman on August 1 and she was remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a local court.
• Authorities upgraded the FIR from attempt to murder under Section 109 to a formal murder charge under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• A postmortem at Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, confirmed that Ansil died from lethal herbicide poisoning.
• Investigators seized a bottle of suspected weedicide from the woman’s Chelad residence, which they allege she served to the victim.
• Prosecutors are gathering further evidence and examining the couple’s deteriorated relationship as a possible motive.