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Who is Faiyaz Premji, accused of distributing rat poison capsules during the Mumbai Muharram procession: All you need to know

Anurag - 28 June, 2026

Faiyaz disguised the poison as painkillers and Ayurvedic supplements, distributing professionally packaged sachets near Rehmatabad Cemetery before one victim’s vomiting prompted doctors to alert police and trigger his later arrest from a Dongri hotel.

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‘No one has the right to take a life’: Madras HC upholds life term for parents who poisoned 9-year-old mentally disabled daughter

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2026

The Madras High Court dismissed an appeal from a couple convicted of murdering their mentally disabled daughter by poisoning. The court ruled that parents have an absolute duty to care for their children, regardless of disabilities, and personal hardship never justifies taking a life.

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Promised ‘Dhanvarsha’, delivered death: Occultist Kamruddin poisoned three with laddus, stole Rs 2 lakh; already booked in two murder cases

Rukma Rathore - 11 February, 2026

Laxmi, Shiv Naresh and Randhir were discovered dead on Outer Delhi's Peeragarhi flyover on 8th February.

Crime

Dr Mohiuddin, main accused in the Ricin plot busted by the Gujarat ATS, wanted to become rich by selling it: Report

OpIndia Staff - 26 November, 2025

What adds to the lethality of Ricin is that it has no antidote. This means once the poison is administered, death is almost certain.

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Gurugram mouth freshener case: Restaurant manager arrested, customers were given toxic ‘dry ice’, say reports

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2024

On March 3, Ankit Kumar and his wife went for dinner to the Laforestta Cafe in Gurugram's Sector 90 along with their friends. 5 persons started bleeding from their mouth, and vomiting after consuming the mouth freshener that was served to them after their meals.

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Sajid Mir, a key conspirator of the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, on ventilator support after being poisoned by an unknown person in Pakistan jail: Report

OpIndia Staff - 4 December, 2023

Sajid Mir, one of the main conspirators of Mumbai 26/11 attacks, is reportedly poisoned and on ventilator in Pakistan.

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Love Jihad in Uttar Pradesh: Naved traps Dalit girl by posing as Hindu and rapes her, poisons her to death for refusing to convert...

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2023

In Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh a Dalit woman, identified as Seema Gautam, was trapped in a love affair, raped, forcefully converted to Islam and later poisoned to death by partner Naved and his aides

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Delhi: Another case of dextromethorphan poisoning reported, toddler falls ill after being administered with cough syrup at a mohalla clinic

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2022

A toddler suffered from dextromethorphan poisoning after he was given a cough syrup at a mohalla clinic in Delhi

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Surat: Girl dies in a coffee shop, parents say absconding ‘friend’ Zahir Ahmed had posed as a Hindu to approach her

OpIndia Staff - 25 November, 2021

The parents of the 21-year-old Hindu girl, who died after falling unconscious in a coffee shop in Surat, have accused her 'friend' Zahir Ahmed of poisoning her.

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