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LAYYAH: The mystery of 31 deaths caused by poisonous sweetmeats was resolved on Thursday when the younger brother of the sweet shop owner reportedly confessed to have mixed pesticide in the products.
Khalid Mahmood, younger brother of shop owner Tariq Mahmood, told police that he spiked the sweetmeats with pesticide after exchange of words with his elder sibling “to teach him a lesson”.
A police official, on condition of anonymity, told Dawn that Khalid confessed to have mixed a liquid pesticide, ‘Exeed’, in the material being prepared for manufacturing sweetmeats at the shop owned by his elder brother.
He said on the identification of Khalid, the police recovered the bottle of pesticide he used to poison the sweetmeats that claimed the lives of 31 people.
The police high-ups would brief the media on the case in a day or two, the official said.
Fatehpur police produced Khalid Mahmood in the court of area magistrate of Karor Lal Esan late on Thursday evening where he recorded his confessional statement.
Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2016
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May 06, 2016 08:39am
Unbileavable!
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May 06, 2016 08:41am
Lack of tolerance in our society and family - the poor innocents lost their lives.
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May 06, 2016 08:48am
The bottle was still 'there'.
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May 06, 2016 08:51am
Hate and anger are the main character of evil!
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May 06, 2016 08:51am
Even pesticide poisoning should nit claim 31 lives. Death toll should have been much lower. Antidote is atropine , which is easily available.
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May 06, 2016 09:01am
@anees from zaida : Based on past, it is bit difficult to believe police version..
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May 06, 2016 09:08am
May be possible but there are rumors that most of the death's causes are of mistreatment in hospital.so there is possibility that govt is hiding its negligence.
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May 06, 2016 09:12am
@"The mystery of 31 deaths caused by poisonous sweetmeats was resolved on ...."
The mystery wasn't "resolved"...rather, it was "solved".
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May 06, 2016 09:12am
what's wrong withe these people???!!!!
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May 06, 2016 09:15am
I don't trust the police they tortured a confession out of someone anyone
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May 06, 2016 09:23am
How do we know Police is claiming right?
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May 06, 2016 09:27am
Height of stupidity and evilness..
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May 06, 2016 09:30am
The investigation must be verified and reverified by other agencies too or even by an international body as we lack truth.
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May 06, 2016 09:37am
Inhumanity unheared in our lives! The" lession " he wanted to teach his brother claimed 31 innocent lives ; he must now be , tried, and given full doze of the law.
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May 06, 2016 09:44am
@Saeed We have lost human values, we donot believe in each other, we have started hating everything around us, what society has taught us. I trust if we love ourselves, it will never happen.
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May 06, 2016 09:50am
well i cant believe that. Everyone knows how such confessions are drawn and our instituitions have no credibility
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May 06, 2016 09:50am
This is not failure of one or two individuals but society and state as a whole. We see events of torture, unfair behavior around us but no action is ever taken. Neither by society nor by state. and then this happens.
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May 06, 2016 11:13am
Feed him the same "Sweets" & ask him for the last savor! This coward need to know of what he cost for those 31 families!
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May 06, 2016 11:28am
He murdered 31 innocent people including children to teach his older brother 'a lesson' after exchanging a few harsh words? Well, he will probably hang for this and that is the lesson society will teach him. Then comes God and then he will understand what a lesson really is and how long it an last.
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May 06, 2016 11:53am
the shop owner can be booked for negligence
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May 06, 2016 11:58am
@HOPE. very right... if minds are at peace thing would be better.
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May 06, 2016 12:09pm
@Ahmedfarooq you are absolutely right,
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May 06, 2016 12:22pm
@Mohammed .. Society is equally responsible which keeps it eyes closed to unfair incidents happening around it. Reporter should also have mentioned the age of younger brother here.
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May 06, 2016 12:33pm
Have we become a brittle society? Snapping too quickly and swinging to extremes?
We need to revive art in our society and get in touch with our softer side. That might bring depth in our personalities and make us mellow.
And I have no reason to doubt police version. Deaths of so many innocents may have weighed in on the individual. Too late for the victims unfortunately.
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May 06, 2016 12:34pm
Seems like strategy of brothers so that at-least one bails out and business is revived.
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May 06, 2016 12:54pm
And, still no lesson is learnt! Only this morning, 18,000 liters of spurious milk and 700 kilos of "Khoya", made with Urea fertilizer has been impounded by the food authorities in Islamabad.
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May 06, 2016 12:53pm
Brain works in mysterious ways. Instead of poisoning his torturous brother, he killed his brother's innocent customers. Or has he taken the blame on himself to save his brother?
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May 06, 2016 01:07pm
This might b a confession after almost 10 days long torture spell.
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May 06, 2016 01:22pm
The stupid should take revenge from his brother only and not from the innocent people.
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May 06, 2016 01:33pm
This doesn't change the fact that the real culprit is our healthcare system. There would have been a lot less casualties if the victims had fast and adequate access to poisoning treatment facilities. There are very few instantly lethal toxic compounds, and this pesticide was definitely not one of them.
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May 06, 2016 01:40pm
Lack of education
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May 06, 2016 03:17pm
What lesson do we all learn? Never trust your own blood relations too? Welcome to the Developed Era !
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May 06, 2016 04:50pm
how can he teach 'him' a lesson by killing 31 other innocent people?
this guy must be a very sick or retarded person mentally!
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May 06, 2016 06:49pm
Many lessons here... apart from the obvious,
Avoid having processed sweets.
Avoid vegetables that have pesticide sprayed on them
Sale of pesticide should be only limited to farmers
Tolerance is the modern word that needs to be taught in schools.
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May 06, 2016 08:01pm
Mystery on top mystery...maybe we will never know the truth.
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May 06, 2016 11:17pm
It doesn't fit in any logical mind.
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May 07, 2016 09:33am
What ever may be the cause, whoever may be responsible 31 innocent lives were lost, now they confessed and in the Court they will say the police tortured me to confess, those have gone will not return.
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May 07, 2016 09:34am
Dead because he poisoned them or because the doctors and hospitals in Mullan are third class?
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May 07, 2016 12:06pm
so sad
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May 07, 2016 01:26pm
No surprise, this is basic character of our society.
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May 07, 2016 05:33pm
My heart weeps first at the loss of 31 precious lives, and then more vehemently at the apathy on part of the perpetrator, who was so cruel and carefree in his 'teaching a lesson to own brother', performed the most gruesome act.
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May 07, 2016 06:24pm
@CALCUTTA MAN Webster dictionary says meaning of resolve as : to find an answer or solution to. Accordingly word has been used correctly. Would like to hear your response.
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May 07, 2016 06:44pm
What a sad incident.
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May 07, 2016 10:19pm
I don't buy that. I have an inkling its just face saving. The government should raid sweet shops across the country to check the ingredients they're using. A precedent has already been set. I have heard that a sweet shop in Peshawar has rented two homes where the owner is stocking mithai for Eid. How can mithai stay fresh for so long? Something serious to ponder about.
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May 08, 2016 11:06am
Whole story looks like a lie, we need the truth
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May 08, 2016 05:24pm
Where is Quality Control Food controllers must place checks. To ensure every eatable marketed is safe It is really strange that no one from the owners or food handlers got sick
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