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Mumbai, June 28: The Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested a 39-year-old man from Pune for allegedly attempting to carry out a mass poisoning during a Shia community Muharram procession in South Mumbai on Friday night. The accused was allegedly distributing capsules filled with zinc phosphide, a chemical commonly used as rat poison.

The arrested individual has been identified as Faiyaz Premji, a BBA graduate who manages his father’s paint company in Pune. According to the police, Premji, who belongs to the Shia community, was caught in possession of a blue plastic bag containing around 14,000 zinc phosphide-filled capsules. He targeted participants, especially those engaged in self-flagellation, by misrepresenting the toxic capsules as painkiller medications.

The plot was uncovered after a hospital alerted the authorities about a patient admitted with severe stomach cramps and vomiting after consuming a capsule offered at the procession. Following the lead, the police apprehended Premji. DCP Jayant Meena stated that the accused had procured 30,000 empty capsules and 50 kg of zinc phosphide online, manually filling each capsule with 1 gram of the rodenticide. Police records indicate that Premji has traveled to Iran and Iraq multiple times since 2019. An investigation is underway to determine the motive behind the poisoning attempt.

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