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Friday, Sep 17, 2004

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Capsules found in businessman's office

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 16. Empty capsules and some powdery substance have been recovered from the office of the 40-year-old businessman who allegedly committed suicide after poisoning his two teenaged children at his West Patel Nagar residence in West Delhi on Tuesday night. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives today after post-mortem at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital.

With the recovery of the capsules and the powder, which appeared to be some poisonous substance, the police believe that Pradeep Vadhera, who ran a printing unit and a plastic moulding factory at Sarai Rohilla, had in fact poisoned his children, Prerna (16) and Pranav (10), after which he too consumed poison. However, they said they were awaiting a forensic report on the capsules and the powder to confirm their suspicion.

The incident came to light around 1-30 a.m. on Wednesday when Pradeep's wife, Krishna, woke up and heard the children groaning in pain. She entered their room and found froth oozing out of their mouths. She tried to wake up Pradeep but he too was in a similar condition. Krishna then woke up her neighbour who rushed Pradeep and the children to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Prerna was declared dead on arrival, Pranav died after a while and Pradeep passed away an hour later.

The police said they were also awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of deaths.

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