'No record to suggest arsenic administered'

In the thallium-arsenic poisoning deaths of Santacruz businessman Kamalkant Shah and his mother Sarladevi in September 2022, the sessions court has observed that there is "no acceptable material on record to suggest that it was the businessman's wife Kavita Shah who administered the said poisonous substances to the deceased". The court made the observation while granting bail to Kavita Shah, booked for the two murders.

- Charul Shah Joshi

It was claimed that Kavita was in a relationship with Hitesh Jain, who too is an accused in the case. Her husband Kamalkant became seriously ill and died on September 19, 2022. His mother Sarla had passed away on August 13 that year. The post-mortem revealed metal poisoning in both cases. The complaint was filed by Kamalakant's sister. The medical reports detected arsenic and thallium.