A man has been detained by Surat police after they claim he gave his ex-wife adulterated blood which caused her to lose consciousness.
The act was committed on Sunday night by a man named Shankar Kambli. The bottle and blood samples were delivered to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), where a report was requested.
Rander Police Sub Inspector H.N. Parmar told IANS, “Accused Shankar Kambli is detained and being questioned for causing hurt by means of poison, for malignantly committing an offence, and voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon, more section will be invoked by the police once the FSL report confirms what was added in the blood, which was administered to Yasmin Serali, ex-wife of the accused.”
The police will take the accused to the scene of the crime later that day to find the injection that was used to commit the crime and a bottle carrying blood had been recovered from the accused, said officer.
Victim Yasmin claimed in her police station complaint that she married Shankar Kambli according to Hindu rituals 15 years ago. They had two children through their marriage, but the accused had a suspicious nature and frequently questioned whether she had extramarital affairs.
Few years later, he began physically abusing her and torturing her mentally. As a result, she petitioned the family court for a divorce which the court recently granted. Since then she was living with her mother with two children Yasmin said.
On Sunday afternoon, Shankar called her to meet him, to which she agreed. He took her for a ride, bought perfume for her. Later in the evening, he took her to an isolated place and administered an injection on her left thigh, because of which she started feeling uneasiness. The accused abandoned her and fled away. Victim somehow managed to reach Rander Police station, from where she was rushed to the hospital for treatment, after recovering she had lodged a complaint.