Doctors treating garment bizman Kamalkant Shah at Bombay Hospital were alarmed after noticing zero growth in his hair, beard and moustache. The anomaly prompted doctors to get a thorough check of his blood done which showed the presence of high levels of arsenic and thallium, said a doctor who treated Shah. The man’s wife and her paramour have been arrested over his death.

One of the doctors treating Shah at Bombay Hospital, who had advised Kamalkant Shah’s blood to be tested for heavy metals, said they ran dozens of tests but none was helpful. “We gave him many treatments but none helped him and the reason for his stomach pain remained unidentified. After some days, I realised that when he was admitted he was clean-shaven but over a month there was zero growth in his hair, moustache and beard.”