Arali flower poison led to heart disease; Police file report on Surya's death

ALAPPUZHA: The preliminary report of the police confirmed the presence of Arali flower that led to the death of a young woman in Haripad. Pallipad native Surya Surendran (24), a nurse by profession, collapsed at the airport while leaving for work abroad on April 28th.

The leaf of the Arali flower near Surya’s house and her blood sample were sent to a lab in Thiruvananthapuram for testing. The result is still awaited. Police say that the actual cause of death can be confirmed only after receiving the report. Surya collapsed at the airport and died while undergoing treatment. Then the police registered a case of unnatural death and recorded the statement of the doctors who examined the woman.

The doctors revealed Surya’s confession of chewing a plant leaf near her house and suddenly spatting it out. It was in the later examination that the flower was found as Arali. After the postmortem at Alappuzha Medical College Hospital, the internal organs were sent to the lab in Thiruvananthapuram for examination. Meanwhile, Haripad SHO K Abhilash Kumar, who is investigating the case, said that there is no other suspicion in the death.