The ex bought the couple a snazzy new home music theatre as a wedding gift, but what they didn’t know is that the items were rigged with explosives.
Independent UK reported that a newlywed man and his brother died after a home theatre music system that they received as a wedding gift exploded in India's Chhattisgarh state.
The explosive-laden music system was allegedly gifted by the bride's ex-lover, who was livid about her getting married to another man, the police said.
Hemendra Merawi died on Monday in his house in the Kabirdham district as soon as he plugged in the music system. His elder brother, Rajkumar, later succumbed to his injuries.
The suspect also threatened Merawi and the two previously had an altercation over the issue.
“Markam fitted the bomb in the system and kept it below the mandap (platform) along with other gifts,” Superintendent of police Lal Umed Singh was quoted by the Indian Express as saying.
“The accused told the police that he had planted the explosive in the home theatre and gifted it to the newly married couple in a bid to kill them.
"He used ammonium nitrate, petrol and gunpowder retrieved from firecrackers. He gift-wrapped it to avoid any suspicion. The blast got triggered when the system was switched on.”
Wow. He wanted to kill his ex girlfriend, too. It’s good that he wasn’t able to kill her, but there was a lot of damage done, and two lives lost.
What a diabolical and horrific thing to do.
