In a quiet village in Karnataka’s Hassan district, a mom of two kids reportedly poisoned her household’s meals to proceed her extramarital affair. Nonetheless, she was uncovered when her husband by chance checked her bag for a cell phone.
The police registered a case on June 5 and arrested the accused, recognized as Chaitra, 33. She has been booked for poisoning her husband, two kids aged 8 and 10 years, and her in-laws.
Mohammad Sujeetha MS, Superintendent of Police, Hassan, stated that the preliminary investigation has advised that the meals was combined with poison. “We’ve arrested Chaitra, and a workforce has been fashioned to nab (her paramour) Shivu,” he added.
The girl’s husband, Gajendra, stated they received married 11 years in the past, however variations began cropping up between them three years in the past over Chaitra’s alleged extramarital relationship with a person named Puneeth. When Gajendra found the connection, each households intervened, seemingly resolving the disaster and restoring peace.
Gajendra alleged that Chaitra additionally received concerned in a relationship with one other man named Shivu, who lives in the identical neighbourhood. “I had knowledgeable Chaitra’s dad and mom, and there was a combat final 12 months. A case was additionally lodged in opposition to me, and I spent some days in jail,” Gajendra stated.

Thereafter, in line with the grievance, the girl repeatedly began mixing medicines within the meals to homicide her household. Chaitra would rigorously lace her household’s meals with completely different tablets, rotating the poison to keep away from detection. Shivu was allegedly part of the conspiracy.
For a few months, the household unknowingly consumed their meals till Gajendra found the medication drugs and different tablets in Chaitra’s bag.
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“I went to a physician and didn’t inform him concerning the historical past. I confirmed him the tablets and he was stunned. He advised me that these had been sleeping drugs and none would give them with no physician’s prescription. For 2 months, my dad and mom, kids, and I had been feeling dizzy from morning to night. More often than not, we felt fatigued and had been sleeping for lengthy hours, even through the day,” Gajendra stated.
Later, the members of the family underwent some checks, and the outcomes confirmed that that they had been consuming poisoned meals for a while. Primarily based on the reviews, Gajendra filed a police grievance, and Chaitra was arrested.
Gajendra stated that when his kids noticed the pill wrappers, they stated that that they had seen their mom mixing powders in meals and occasional.

