Jabalpur: A 35-year-old man was killed in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, after a bomb, hidden inside a rasgulla exploded in his mouth.
According to the police, Rajendra Barautiya was sitting with his family after dinner when the accused came and handed him the explosive disguised as a sweet.
The moment he consumed the sweet, it exploded inside his mouth. Rajendra was immediately taken to the hospital, but died during treatment, Deccan Herald reported.
The accused, Ramabhagat Barautiya, had allegedly concealed a crude explosive device, which is used to kill wild boars, inside the rasgulla, the authorities said. The accused has been arrested.
The two men were sitting together and talking with each other when the accused allegedly handed Rajendra the explosive, telling him it was just a sweet, Dindori Kotwali inspector Durga Prasad Nagpure said.
“Rajendra and his family were sitting in the courtyard, warming themselves around a fire. During the same time, Ramabhagat, who lives in the same neighbourhood joined him. Both of them sat near the fire,” Nagpure said.
“While talking to each other, Ramabhagat handed Rajendra something to eat, telling him it was a rasgulla. As soon as Rajendra took a bite of it, the ‘pig-killer bomb’ exploded inside his mouth,” he added.
Rajendra was injured severely in his mouth and jaw and could not be saved.
The case has been registered at the Dindori Kotwali police station under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act.
It is being investigated how the accused got the explosive. The motive behind the act and the involvement of another person in also being proved.
