Overview

• Shashi Devi and her alleged lover Yadvendra admitted to lacing curd and khichdi with a poisonous substance on May 13 and 14 respectively, resulting in Sunil’s death.
• The toxin was procured online for ₹150 and delivered in a parcel that police recovered along with the serving utensil.
• Sunil’s death was initially deemed natural and his body was cremated without a post-mortem, prompting investigators to collect phone records, WhatsApp messages and other household evidence.
• Tundla police arrested the suspects in late July after a formal complaint by the victim’s mother triggered a renewed inquiry into his demise.
• Authorities are now tracing the e-commerce source of the poison as they build a murder case based on the recovered packet, utensil and the couple’s confessions.