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Post-Mortem Confirms Poisoning in Deaths of Jodhpur Sisters Hours Before Weddings

Police are examining family-pressure allegations plus digital evidence to determine whether the deaths were self-inflicted.

Overview

  • A medical board concluded the sisters, Shobha, 25, and Vimla, 23, died of poisoning in Manai village near Jodhpur early Saturday.
  • No poisonous substance was found at the home, and viscera samples have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to identify the agent.
  • Officers registered an unnatural-death case and reported no suicide note at the scene.
  • Investigators seized both phones to review chats, call logs and social media, and questioned their father after a maternal uncle alleged family pressure over marriage arrangements.
  • The women, reported to be private school teachers, were declared dead on arrival at a private hospital; a local official said the prospective grooms later married other brides.