Thallium – which has no odour or taste – is as deadly as mercury, lead and arsenic. Photo: Shutterstock
Delhi businessman ‘inspired’ by Saddam Hussein poisoned in-laws, wife with thallium
- Police say Varun Arora had links on his laptop to stories about the Iraqi dictator’s henchmen using the highly toxic chemical thallium sulphate
- He planned the murders after his wife aborted a baby last year. She is currently in critical condition after eating poisoned fish curry, while two of his in-laws are dead
Thallium – which has no odour or taste – is as deadly as mercury, lead and arsenic. Photo: Shutterstock