Overview
- An extradition hearing opened Monday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London and is due to finish this week with a ruling to follow.
- Prosecutors allege Ajith Kumar Mupparapu sent arsenic‑laced chilli powder and salt to his estranged wife’s family via a paid delivery worker after his sister sourced the toxin.
- Tests on relatives found arsenic in blood and urine at more than 20 times normal levels, according to the prosecution.
- Indian authorities say he also mounted separate plots to kill his ex‑father‑in‑law by staging a crash, hiring killers, and planning a fatal muscle‑relaxant injection.
- His lawyers argue the evidence is insufficient and say he faces a risk of torture if returned to India, citing recent UK case law on detention conditions.