India, June 28 -- The Byculla police have arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly distributing tablets containing Zinc Phosphide, a common rodenticide, during the Muharram procession at Byculla on Friday. Numerous participants at the procession who consumed the tablets the accused claimed were pain killers reported feeling uneasy and nauseous while some also fell unconscious, police said.

According to the police, on Friday evening, the Muharram procession started from Noor Baug, Dongri and made its way towards Rehmat Baug Kabrastan via Hancock Bridge. The complainant, Salman Sayyad, 26 - a Govandi resident who works at a bag manufacturing unit - was part of the procession, and was taking a break from ritual self-flagellation when a burq...