India, May 9 -- A day after it was determined that a lethal dose of zinc phosphide, a rat poison, had led to the deaths of the Dokadia family from Pydhonie, police recovered a bottle of rat repellent from their home on Friday. However, zinc phosphide is not listed among the ingredients on the bottle, deepening the mystery over how the deadly toxin found its way into the household.

"We have found a bottle of rat poison in the family's house. However, it does not have the ingredient of zinc phosphide. We will send the bottle for forensic examination, anyway," said an officer with the JJ Marg police. The presence of rat poison in the Dokadia home itself is not unusual as Mogul building in which they lived was old and had rats on the premise...