Post-mortem confirms two sisters died of poisoning in Jodhpur ahead of wedding

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The post-mortem study of 2 sisters who died astatine Manai colony successful Jodhpur connected Friday (February 20, 2026) greeting has confirmed poisoning arsenic the origin of death, constabulary said connected Monday (February 23).

The victims, identified arsenic Shobha (25) and Vimla (23), were acceptable to beryllium joined connected Saturday (February 21), and the preparations for their weddings were successful afloat plaything connected Thursday (February 19) night, erstwhile the incidental occurred.

According to the police, the 2 sisters worked astatine a backstage schoolhouse and were believed to beryllium unhappy with their alliances. Their bodies were recovered hours earlier the wedding processions were scheduled to arrive.

Soorsagar Police Station House Officer (SHO) Harishchandra Solanki said that the aesculapian committee confirmed decease owed to poisoning. No poisonous substance was recovered from the scene.

"Viscera samples person been preserved and sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to place the nonstop substance consumed," Mr. Solanki said, adding that determination is besides suspicion of a cause overdose.

As the portion of the investigation, the constabulary person seized the mobile phones of some sisters to analyse chats, telephone records and societal media activity.

Police besides questioned their father, Deep Singh, to ascertain if the deaths were a lawsuit of termination oregon involving different factors specified arsenic household disputes oregon outer pressure.

The sisters were earlier engaged to members of a household successful Bhinmal done their maternal uncle. However, that confederation was allegedly called disconnected by the begetter nether unit of their uncle. A caller lucifer with subsequently arranged with 2 cousins successful Jaimla colony adjacent Pokaran.

The maternal uncle claimed the sisters were "unhappy" with this statement and whitethorn person taken the utmost measurement arsenic a result.

Following the incident, the families of the grooms, who had completed each wedding preparations, instantly sought caller matches. On Saturday (February 21), some grooms were joined to different brides successful Jodhpur's Balesar and Bikaner's Kolayat, according to Aman Sing, the Sarpanch of Jaimla village.

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Published - February 23, 2026 04:31 p.m. IST

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