The Nilgiris district police have arrested a 20-year-old youth and have charged him with culpable homicide after he and a 19-year-old woman consumed psychedelic mushrooms which police suspect could have led to her death on Sunday.
According to police, Akash, a resident of Bombay Castle in Udhagamandalam, along with the 19-year-old woman, from Fingerpost in Udhagamandalam, studying in Coimbatore, had consumed a large quantity of alcohol as well as psychedelic mushrooms which Akash had managed to procure.
They had also taken pictures of them collecting the substance on their mobile phones, police said.
