Any individual or institution can apply for both under relevant sections of The Kerala Poisons Rules, 1996. There are no valid cyanide licences — meant for sale of the chemical — in Kerala at present. Read | Kerala ‘serial killings’: Demands raised to probe three more deathsSmuggling and illegal importsThe industrial use of cyanide is allegedly dependent on smuggling or illegal imports. A police officer of the rank of Sub-Inspector can suo motu register a case of illegal trade in cyanide. Advertising“We are planning to bring the use and stock of cyanide under the ambit of the proposed amendment in ways such that the accessibility of the public to cyanide is reduced.

Source: Indian Express October 11, 2019 19:26 UTC