In a gruesome incident from Gujarat’s Vadodara, a 52-year-old man allegedly gave sugarcane juice mixed with potassium gold cyanide to his family of three, leading to the death of his father and wife. The accused man, who also fed the cyanide laced juice to his 24-year-old son, also attempted suicide by consuming poison during police questioning at his residence on Friday.

The man, along with his son is currently battling for life at SSG hospital. On Saturday, police booked the man, Chetan Soni, a metal polisher under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence).

As per the FIR, lodged on the basis of a complaint filed by brother of Chetan’s wife, Manoj Soni, potassium gold cyanide was used in the murders.

The cops have identified the deceased as Chetan’s father Manoharlal and wife Bindu. The case is currently being investigated by the Makarpura police who have said that Chetan was under heavy debt and had planned and carried out the murders.

According to an Indian Express report, Chetan’s father , Manoharlal died on Thursday afternoon and his and wife, Bindu died on early Friday, at their home in Tarsali. Chetan, however, rushed his son Aakash to the hospital on Friday, and allegedly blamed his wife Bindu for feeding poison to his family. Later, while  being questioned by the police at his home, Chetan consumed poison.

Speaking on the incident, Makarpura police Inspector J N Parmar told Indian Express, “He rushed his son to the hospital after completing the final rites of his wife and father… At the hospital, he mentioned in the referral notes that his wife had poisoned the family… at that time, Chetan had not consumed poison.”

The inspector further said that the cops suspected Chetan when they learnt that Bindu died just a day before. “We began questioning him…meanwhile, he consumed poison, which he was perhaps carrying. We also had to admit him to SSG hospital. Both Soni and his son are in a critical condition,” he added.

As per Bindu’s family members, the Sonis did not talk about facing any financial crisis. However, preliminary probe revealed that Chetan was under a lot of debt.

Inspector Parmar, while giving a brief about the accused Chetan Soni, said, “He had access to the chemical, which is widely used for gold polishing metal. He ran a small polishing business and owed a lot of money to his creditors. We have booked Soni for the murder of his wife and father as well as attempted murder of his son.”

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