A day after two persons died due to suspected cyanide poisoning after consuming liquor at a licensed Tasmac bar in Thanjavur, police sources claimed it could have been a case of murder, targeting 36-year-old cab driver Vivek, one of the victims.
While the source of the cyanide that was said to have been mixed with the liquor and the motive are under investigation, the sources said Vivek was the first to consume the “poison-laced” liquor.
It is suspected that the other victim, Kuppusamy, 68, a daily wager in a fish market, drank the leftover liquor from the bottle used by Vivek.
