A Pune man, arrested for allegedly distributing poison-laced capsules during a Muharram procession in Byculla, had planned to target 15,000 people. Police recovered nearly 15,000 capsules filled with zinc phosphide, a potent rat poison, from his hotel room. At least two individuals reported poisoning symptoms after consuming the capsules, believing them to be painkillers. Investigators are exploring potential links to international conspiracies.

At the guest house in Dongri where the accused was put up, police found around 30,000 tablets of which 14,900 were filled with Zinc Phosphide, a highly toxic compound used as…

A man in Mumbai was detained for allegedly distributing poisonous pills during a Muharram event, causing 11 people to fall ill before being hospitalized and stabilized.