New Delhi: The wife of Varun Arora, accused in the infamous thallium poisoning case who was in a coma for a long time succumbed to the effects of poisoning. Earlier Arora's mother-in-law and sister-in-law had died due to poisoning but his father-in-law managed to survive.
Varun, a builder who resides in Greater Kailash was arrested after he allegedly used Thallium to kill his in-laws in West Delhi's Inderpuri. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (West), Urvija Goel, Thallium has been used in the past to eliminate political rivals because of its slow effect.
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"Varun had made fish for dinner and had mixed thallium, a slow poison. He excused himself from eating the poisoned food, claiming that he suffered from jaw pain after watching a comedy show. The kids in the family had milk, hence, they also didn't eat the fish prepared by him," Goel said.
On February 3, Varun's sister-in-law, Priyanka Sharma, fell sick and later died. Varun's wife, Divya, also fell sick after the death of his sister-in-law and mother-in-law and slipped into a coma. While her mother, Anita Sharma, died on March 22. It was during Divya's treatment at the Sri Gangaram Hospital, that the presence of Thallium was detected in the body. While Varun's father-in-law who reported sudden hair-fall managed to survive the poisoning.