E02 — Meena Lal's Statement

EVIDENCE PACK A
REF: JP-STMT-2025-0510-ML
WITNESS STATEMENT — MEENA LAL
Gallery Assistant, Rajasthan Arts Gallery | 10 May 2025
🔴 EVIDENCE
Jaipur Police — Crime Branch

Statement recorded at gallery, 11:30 AM, 10 May 2025.

"Pooja didi started bringing Jagdish sir his morning chai maybe 12 days ago. She would come in around 8 to 8:30 and take it to his private office herself. Before that, I always made his chai. She said she wanted to 'look after him' because he hadn't been feeling well. He had been complaining of stomach problems and tiredness for about a week."

"On the 9th, she prepared a flask herself and left it on his desk for the next morning. She said she was going to Jodhpur early the next day and didn't want him to miss his morning tea."

CRITICAL: Pooja pre-prepared the final lethal flask for May 10 — her travel alibi was built in. She didn't need to be present for the killing itself. She administered the fatal cumulative dose before she left.