mumbai a day after a 46yearold woman and her 45yearold lover were arrested for allegedly slow poisoning her husband the two have reportedly admitted to administering arsenic and thallium in his food but have so far denied their role in the mysterious death of the motherinlaw a month earlier medical reports technical evidence and the circumstances under which kamalkant shah 45 and his mother sarla devi 65 died just over a month apart have made the police and the family suspect the duokajal and hitesh jainhad also administered slow poison to sarla devisarla devi died on august 13 due to organ failure and kamalkant on september 19 kajal reportedly admitted to having mixed arsenic and thalliumwhich hitesh brought in a 200ml bottle seven to eight timesin her husbands food and drinksthe city crime branch on friday arrested kajal alias kavita shah and hitesh both have been remanded in police custody till december 8the two told the police they got the idea of slow poisoning on the internet police sources said hitesh who is into the business of stationery and gift articles allegedly procured these chemicals from a pharmacist client of his police will record his statement to find out the quantity of chemicals he had given hitesh and compare it to the amount mixed in food police have also conducted a forensic test at the familys home to find traces of the two chemicals said inspector sanjay khatalepolice said while hitesh easily spilled the beans about the conspiracy they found kajal hard to crack she initially completely denied her role police therefore suspect kajal is the brain behind the murder but when she was told hitesh had admitted to the crime she broke downhitesh told us the murder was kajals idea as she was desperate to marry him and he just followed her instructions the planning was done in august 2022 said an officer sources said police used the old technique of interrogating the accused separately both gave contradictory statements which nailed them while they denied meeting or having any contact with each other police found that they were in constant touch over the phone and on whatsapp the allegations made by the family all corroborated with the findings and the technical analysis helped us crack the case once we are thorough with this case our focus will be to probe into the death of kamalkants mother said krishnkant upadhyay deputy commissioner of policeon august 24 kamalkant a garment businessman from santacruz west complained of stomach ache and began to vomit he took medicine from his family doctor but when the pain persisted he had to be admitted to criticare hospital in andheri later as the pain did not subside kamalkant was admitted to bombay hospital over a month ago sarla devi had died following a similar stomach ache doctors were shocked as his organs started failing one after another and there was a suggestion of the presence of metal in his blood his blood samples were sent for forensic