2 dead as home theatre music system, a wedding gift, explodes, 4 injured


PTI, Apr 4, 2023, 4:50 PM IST

Chhattisgarh: A newly married man and his elder brother were killed and four others injured after a home theatre music system they had received as wedding gift exploded in their house in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, police said today.

The incident took place on Monday and the exact cause of the explosion was not yet known, they said.

The impact of the explosion led to the collapse of walls and roof of the room where the home theatre system was kept, the police said.

The area falls in a Maoist-affected area on Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh border, around 200 km from Raipur.

As per preliminary information, Hemendra Merawi, 22, got married on April 1.

On Monday, he and the other family members were unwrapping the wedding presents inside a room in his house, Kabirdham Additional Superintendent of Police Manisha Thakur said.

As Merawi switched on the home theatre system after connecting its wire to an electric board, there was a huge explosion. Merawi died on the spot, she said.

His brother Rajkumar, 30, and four others, including a one-and-a-half year boy, suffered injuries and they were taken to the district hospital in Kawradha, she said.

Merawi’s brother succumbed during treatment. The others are undergoing treatment in the hospital, the police official said.

Soon after being alerted, a police team along with forensic experts went to the spot. The exact cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained, she said.

Durgesh Rawte, station house officer of Rengakhar police station said during inspection of the room, no other inflammable item was found which could have triggered the explosion.

The music system was the only equipment which exploded in the room, he said, adding the cause of the explosion will be known after the investigation.

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