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Mumbai police detain man over poisonous tablets at Muharram procession
NDTV··28 Jun
Mumbai police detained Fayyaz Premji during a Muharram Ashura procession near Rehmatabad Cemetery in Byculla on June 27 after volunteers grew suspicious of capsules he offered as painkillers. Eleven people who consumed them fell ill but recovered. Forensic tests found zinc phosphide, a rat-poison chemical. Police seized about 14,900 capsules and registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 123.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Procession participants trusting free medicine face serious risk if capsules are not verified.
- Families attending Ashura events depend on volunteer safety networks in crowded lanes.
- Quick hospital treatment saved eleven people who ingested the capsules.
What's Happening
- Premji was detained on June 27 at the Byculla Ashura procession.
- Capsules contained zinc phosphide, a chemical used in rodent control.
- Police recovered about 14,900 capsules at the scene.
Poison in a Procession Crowd
- Investigators are reviewing Premji's online orders and foreign travel history.
- He allegedly stayed at a Dongri lodge after arriving from Pune.
- Forensic analysis of remaining pills continues.
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