Dindori man dies after allegedly being fed pig-trap bomb passed off as rasgulla

A young man died in Padariya Chhanta village of Dindori district after he was allegedly given a "suar mar" bomb, an explosive used against wild boar, and told it was a rasgulla. He put it in his mouth thinking it was the sweet and chewed it, and the bomb went off. The incident took place on Tuesday night and came to light on Wednesday.

Kotwali police station in-charge inspector Durga Prasad Nagpure said that Rajendra Barautiya, 35, son of the late Phullu Lal Barautiya, had finished dinner with his family at about 7 pm on Tuesday. He was then sitting in the courtyard of his house by a fire.

At about 8 pm, Ramabhagat Barautiya, a man from the village, came and sat beside him. The two were talking. During this, Ramabhagat allegedly gave the pig-trap bomb to Rajendra to eat, calling it a rasgulla. Rajendra put it in his mouth believing it to be a rasgulla, and as soon as he chewed it, the bomb exploded in his mouth. The blast caused serious injuries to his mouth.

His family members took him to the district hospital in an auto-rickshaw in a critical condition. Doctors declared him dead during treatment there. On Wednesday, police had a post-mortem conducted and handed the body over to the family.

Police have registered a case against the accused, Ramabhagat Barautiya, under Section 105 of the BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act. Police are also investigating where the accused got the bomb from. The investigation is continuing.

There is an atmosphere of fear in the village after the incident. During the post-mortem, family members and villagers were present outside the district hospital mortuary, where they kept talking among themselves about the incident.