INDORE: A 32-year-old woman has died in MP’s Jhabua after she consumed a ‘celphos’ (insecticide) tablet that a local pharmacy store mistakenly gave her when she asked for a painkiller for her toothache. The store owner has been arrested for culpable homicide.
Jhabua SP Padmavilochan Shukla said that the victim, Rekha of Dharampuri village, went to a medical store near Thandla Gate on Thursday evening to buy toothache pills. A salesgirl at the shop handed her a tablet, which she took at home that night, believing it was a painkiller.
Her health deteriorated almost instantly. She was rushed to a hospital, where she died, SP Shukla said. Going by the symptoms, doctors alerted police who interviewed family members and learnt that she had taken a ‘tablet’ . The preliminary post-mortem report confirmed death due to celphos .
Jhabua SP Padmavilochan Shukla said that the victim, Rekha of Dharampuri village, went to a medical store near Thandla Gate on Thursday evening to buy toothache pills. A salesgirl at the shop handed her a tablet, which she took at home that night, believing it was a painkiller.
Her health deteriorated almost instantly. She was rushed to a hospital, where she died, SP Shukla said. Going by the symptoms, doctors alerted police who interviewed family members and learnt that she had taken a ‘tablet’ . The preliminary post-mortem report confirmed death due to celphos .
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