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An Indian man died after a crude bomb disguised as a traditional sweet exploded in his mouth, police said Friday.
Some rural communities use the homemade devices to kill wild
boars by packing balls of dough with gunpowder, often sourced from firecrackers
or quarries.
But they also resemble a common Indian dessert called
rasgulla, a soft, round sweet soaked in sugar syrup -- and traditionally eaten
whole.
The dead man was identified as Rajendra Barautiya, 35.
He was gathered around a bonfire on Tuesday in Dindori
district, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, when a fellow villager
brought the "sweet" and another gave it to him.
"The bomb, used by some tribal people in the area to kill wild boars, was offered to this man," police officer Rekha Singh told AFP. "It exploded in his mouth."
Barautiya was rushed to hospital with severe injuries but
died.
Two men have been arrested and charged with culpable homicide
not amounting to murder.
"We don't know if the motive was to kill, or if it was
a mischief," Singh added. "That is a matter of investigation."