A man was killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori area after he claimed to have been lured into eating a country-made explosive which he said was a rasgulla, police said.
It happened late on Tuesday at Padariya village in the Kotwali police station area. The victim turned out to be Rajendra Barotiya.
Apparently, Rajendra had been seated in his home when the accused Ram Bhagat Barotiya came there. The two were talking when Ram Bhagat allegedly handed him a country-made explosive, claiming that it was a rasgulla.
It was thrown at Rajendra who allegedly then put it in his mouth and bit into it, causing a powerful explosion. His death at the scene is included in the information.
According to Rajendra’s wife Sushila Bai, the explode is said to be lethal to animals. Instead her relatives and neighbours hurried to her help upon hearing the roar of the explosion, and carried him in an autorickshaw to the hospital.
Police responded to the area after the information, and have started investigating.
The Kotwali police station in-charge Durga Prasad Nagpure stated that Ram Bhagat is an accused in that case. A second individual has also been arrested in the investigation, as police search for more details.
Police are still trying to figure out how and why the explosion took place and are seeking to uncover the events before and after the incident.