Forensic tests found zinc phosphide in the Dokadia family's viscera and the watermelon they ate. The findings have shifted the Mumbai Police probe from suspected food poisoning to tracing how the toxin entered the food.

Zinc phosphide rat poison, not watermelon, killed the Dokadia family of four in Mumbai's Pydhonie area. There is no antidote for it, and doctors have very little they can do.

Zinc phosphide rat poison, not watermelon, killed the Dokadia family of four in Mumbai's Pydhonie area. There is no antidote for it, and doctors have very little they can do.

Zinc phosphide, or Zn3P2, is a chemical compound widely used in rat poison across India. In powder form, it is relatively stable. The danger begins the moment it enters the human stomach.

A major breakthrough in the Mumbai Bhendi Bazaar family death case reveals that four members of the Dokadia family died due to Zinc Phosphide (rat poison) found in both their bodies and a watermelon they consumed.  

Zinc phosphide found in a Mumbai family's remains and watermelon; police investigate potential poisoning in tragic deaths.

Zinc phosphide found in a Mumbai family's remains and watermelon; police investigate potential poisoning in tragic deaths.