Sat, 3 Oct, 2026, 01:58 am
Reported by The Times of India
MUMBAI: The police have filed a 700-page chargesheet against Fayyaz Premji (39), a Pune resident, for allegedly attempting to poison 15,000 people in the city during a Moharrum procession in June.
The accused had ordered over 50 kg of the highly toxic zinc phosphide, often used as rat poison. The chargesheet said he assembled more than 15,000 poisonous capsules at the Dongri lodge where he stayed for two weeks prior to the crime, police said. He was allegedly angry with some people in his community.
The police, who had registered a case of attempted murder against Premji, filed the chargesheet before a Mazgaon court. “The chargesheet contains statements of more than 30 witnesses. Premji is currently lodged in the Arthur Road Jail,” said a source.
Premji, who holds a bachelor of business administration degree, allegedly ordered 30,000 capsules while staying in the lodge. The police had recovered 14,900 zinc phosphide capsules from him. Premji, who ran a paint manufacturing business in Pune, allegedly passed them off as painkillers and immunity boosters in a Moharrum procession.
