The forensic experts, who conducted detailed analysis of samples collected from the house in Chitradurga, where five skeletons were found in December 2023, have suspected that they died due to ‘complications caused by sleeping drugs’.
Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Kumar Meena told the press on Thursday that the final report by the experts suggested that death could be due to complications caused by nordazepam and oxazepam drugs found in sleeping pills. However, the experts reported, he said, that the exact cause of death could not be determined.
“As many as 71 items were collected as samples from the house for analysis. The analysis of the soft tissues of the skeletons showed the presence of drugs,” the officer said. Besides that, the utensils collected from the kitchen showed traces of cyanide ions. However, the cyanide ions were not found in the soft tissues of the skeletons. “There is no material to suggest that they consumed cyanide,” he said.
