Mumbai Mystery: Rat Poison in Watermelon Claims 4 Lives

Mumbai police have uncovered a chilling truth in the Pai Dhuni deaths: zinc phosphide, a potent rat killer, poisoned an entire family via contaminated watermelon. Final reports from J.J. Hospital, submitted to authorities, pinpoint this toxic chemical as the culprit. The family hosted five relatives for dinner on April 26. Post-dinner, they sliced into a watermelon late at night. Dawn brought agony—vomiting, convulsions—and by evening, all four were gone. Forensic lab tests sealed the evidence, finding traces in both fruit and bodies. Is it suicide? Accident? Or cold-blooded murder? Officers lean toward no conclusive theory yet. Focus has shifted to visitors that night and recent buyers of the poison. Extensive interviews cover 100 individuals, from kin to local vendors and Abdullah Dokadia's colleagues at the mobile market. Despite the wide net, puzzles persist: no motives surface, no tampered fruit evidence. This case grips Mumbai, demanding swift justice as families await closure on how everyday fruit turned deadly.