# Lottery winner fatally poisoned by cyanide

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-winner-fatally-poisoned-by-cyanide/646490 "2013-01-08T15:48:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-winner-fatally-poisoned-by-cyanide/646490/21 "2013-01-10T16:09:33Z")

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> **[EXCLUSIVE: Wife of 'murdered' lottery winner 'tried to cash $1million cheque...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259978/Wife-murdered-lottery-winner-Urooj-Khan-tried-cash-1m-death-cyanide-poisoning.html)**
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> Urooj Khan's brother has alleged that Shabana Ansari (pictured left) tried to claim the lottery windfall 'shortly' after Urooj's (right) death in Chicago in July. Urooj's sister Meraj has launched a legal bid to take guardianship of his daughter...

And the plot thickens. Family is stating that his ‘wife’ wasn’t really his wife; and tried to cash the check when she shouldn’t have. There’s also a custody battle brewing. Is the daily mail considered a tabloid newspaper of dubious sources?

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