In a horrid incident, a 16-year-old girl in Kerala’s Kasaragod district has been murdered allegedly by her brother who is suspected to have given her ice cream laced with poison. The Vellarikkundu police have recorded the arrest of 22-year-old Albin Benny on charges of murder. According to the police, Albin tried to poison the family first using chicken curry, and then by mixing poison in ice cream.
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His father Benny, a farmer, who also ate the poisoned ice cream is hospitalized at a private hospital in Kannur and is in critical condition. The police said that Ann Mary, 16, and her father Benny, were admitted to the Cooperative Hospital in Vellarikundu on August 3 after developing uneasiness due to food poisoning after they are ice cream made by Albin.
“They were admitted to the hospital for two days. They tested negative for all virus examinations, but were diagnosed with jaundice,” Vellarikkund Circle Inspector Prem Sadan told a leading daily. The duo was then discharged from the hospital and sought treatment from a local medical practitioner in Cherupuzha. But Ann’s condition worsened in the subsequent days and she succumbed to death on August 6.
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The post mortem conducted as per police protocol revealed that the death was unnatural. As per police officials, there were traces of poison in Ann’s body. The police grew suspicious after finding that only Ann Mary and her father were affected after eating the ice cream. Benny, who was later shifted to Aster MIMS in Kozhikode, was said to have a serious illness with 80 percent of his liver being damaged.
