According to the Hindustan Times, police officials announced that the cause of death of 30-year-old businessman Ankit Chauhan, who was found dead in his car parked near the Teenpani district of Haldwani city on July 15, was “snake venom”, according to the autopsy report.
SNAKE TRAINER ARRESTED
Authorities reported that snake trainer Ramesh Nath was arrested on charges of killing Chauhan using a cobra and making the murder look like an accident, while the other four people involved in the incident escaped.
Senior policeman Nainital Pankaj Bhatt said in a statement that they learned that Chauhan’s phone calls were scanned and that he had been in contact with a woman named Mahi.
Noting that Mahi was in contact with a snake trainer from the state of Uttar Pradesh, Bhatt said that this person was taken into custody.
CONFESSED IN INQUIRY
Bhatt said that the snake trainer confessed during questioning that Mahi’s friend and two of his assistants attempted to kill Chauhan by dropping a cobra on him.
Noting that at the first stage of the investigation, it was thought that Chauhan was poisoned by carbon monoxide in the car he was locked in, Bhatt reported that the incident happened on July 14, when Chauhan visited Mahi’s house.
Bhatt said that they guessed that the other four defendants in the house caused Chauhan to lose consciousness by drinking alcohol or a similar substance, left the cobra on him, and then carried Chauhan to their vehicle. (AA)