India, May 9 -- A day after a forensic report said that a lethal dose of zinc phosphide, a rat poison, had led to the deaths of four members of a 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, adding to a list of unanswered questions over the deaths.

"We have found a bottle of rat poison from the family's house. However, it does not have 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 house is not unusual as the Mogul building where the family lived was old and had rats on the premises, the officer said, adding that th...