'Cancer drugs used to treat viral fever': Wife and boyfriend kill husband with fake drug in Kolkata | Kolkata News

HOWRAH: A pharmacist and a woman involved in a extramarital affairwas arrested on Saturday in Munshi Danga in Howrah's Bankra for allegedly causing the Death her husband Nasim Sardar by administering Cancer drugs for viral fever, which led to Organ failure.
After the death of clothing dealer Nasim on Friday, his neighbours attacked his wife Sahina Parvin and handed her over to the police. They also reportedly vandalized the house, pharmacy and bicycle of pharmacist Sheikh Morselim and set them on fire. As tensions escalated on Saturday morning, police and RAF personnel were deployed to bring the situation under control.
Locals claimed that Sahina brought Nasim to Morselim when he was suffering from a viral fever for about three weeks. Later, Morselim's associate Asif brought a medicine to Sahina and she started giving it to Nasim. But instead of improving, his condition worsened. On Thursday, Nasim lost consciousness and his relatives took him to a private hospital. Doctors at the hospital became suspicious and wanted to see the previous prescription as the victim's organs had started failing. He died on Friday morning.
When the doctor asked to see a sample of the drug that had been administered to the victim earlier, Sahina claimed that he had taken all the medicines. The doctor suspected a conspiracy and informed the Domjur police station. Police sources later said that Nasim had been administered oral chemotherapy drugs.
Laila Begum, a neighbour of the victim and a member of the Bankra Panchayat Samity, said, “Nasim was suffering from viral fever for 21 days. He was given medicines for the first week, but when the fever did not subside, his wife took him to the pharmacist. The doctor told the policemen that the pharmacist had given him oral chemotherapy for 15 days, which led to his death due to multi-organ failure.”
The police interrogated Sahina, Morselim and Asif and found that the victim had been administered cancer drugs. A police officer said the two accused were arrested while the victim's viscera were being subjected to a forensic examination. “We have launched an investigation into the allegation and are awaiting the report on the viscera,” the officer said.