After eating a bomb as a sweet…

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२७ कार्तिक २०८३, शुक्रबार १५:२४November 13, 2026

Kathmandu. A young man has died in Madhya Pradesh after a ball of flour filled with gunpowder exploded in his mouth.

According to the police, 35-year-old Rajendra Barautiya died while undergoing treatment on Friday.TAG_OPEN_div_18

TAG_OPEN_div_16 The incident took place in Dindori district on Tuesday. When they had gathered to warm up the fire, another person had given the ‘sweets’ brought by a villager to the wedding party. Police officer Rekha Singh said that the object exploded immediately after putting it in the mouth.

Some local communities make homemade bombs by filling crackers or mine-derived gunpowder in flour balls to kill wild boars. These lumps look like ‘rasgulla’, a popular Indian dessert soaked in sugar syrup, so there is a possibility of being misled.

} The seriously injured Barautiya was taken to the hospital but could not be saved, police said. Two people have been arrested for their involvement in the incident and charged with causing death due to negligence.

Police Officer Singh said that investigation is underway to find out whether the incident was a premeditated murder or the accident was done in the course of a joke.TAG_OPEN_div_10