‘I was poisoned for building Radar system’ Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jan 7, 2021, 06:00 IST Tapan Misra claims he was poisoned 3 years ago In a shocking claim, Senior ISRO Scientist Tapan Misra has alleged that he was poisoned with Arsenic Trioxide in 2017 while he was in the city to attend a promotion interview at the ISRO headquarters. Misra, who is currently Senior Advisor at ISRO, posted a detailed account of the alleged incident and the subsequent trauma he had to endure on Facebook. Drawing parallels to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Director Srinivasan and the harassment meted out to Nambi Narayanan in the infamous ISRO spy case, Misra said he never thought that he will be at the receiving end of such mystery.