The sufferer, recognized as Rekha, was a resident of Dharampuri village, situated about 3 km from the district headquarters. She visited a medical retailer close to Thandla Gate and requested for remedy to alleviate a toothache.
In a stunning incident, a 32-year-old lady died after consuming a sulphas pill that she was given at a medical retailer the place she had gone to purchase a painkiller for a toothache in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, police stated on Saturday.
Jhabua Superintendent of Police Padma Vilochan Shukla stated that the shop proprietor has been arrested beneath Part 105 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The sufferer, recognized as Rekha, was a resident of Dharampuri village, situated about 3 km from the district headquarters. On Thursday night, she visited a medical retailer close to Thandla Gate and requested for remedy to alleviate a toothache.
Well being started to detoriate after taking pill
A salesman on the retailer handed her a sulphas pill, which she later consumed at dwelling that night time. Quickly after, her well being started to deteriorate.
Though she was rushed to a hospital for remedy, she didn’t survive, the official stated. Her household knowledgeable the police in regards to the incident on Friday, and her physique was subsequently despatched for autopsy.
Medical retailer proprietor taken into custody
A preliminary autopsy report confirmed that her demise was brought on by sulphas poisoning. Following this, a case was registered, and the shop proprietor, 52-year-old Lokendra Babel, was taken into custody, the SP stated.
He added that an investigation is underway to find out why sulphas tablets had been stocked on the medical retailer. The shop has been sealed, and the Drug Management Division has been roped in to help with the inquiry.
Authorities are additionally making efforts to find and arrest the salesperson who supplied the pill to the lady, the official stated.
(With inputs from PTI)