Overview

• Sunil’s mother filed a suspicion-driven complaint on July 23, leading police to register the case on July 24.
• Investigators seized a poison sachet ordered online for ₹150, the curd bowl used to deliver it, and digital records including WhatsApp messages and call logs.
• Shashi admitted to mixing poison into Sunil’s curd on May 13 and again into his khichdi on May 14, with the second dose proving fatal.
• Both Shashi and her alleged lover Yadvendra were arrested between July 25 and 26 and remanded to judicial custody.
• Forensic teams are analysing the remains of the toxin and related items as authorities probe the motive and welfare of the couple’s two young children.