Husband killed by wife's ex-boyfriend's explosive wedding gift
A newlywed couple's happily ever after came to a tragic end.
Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the most special days of your life, as it marks the start of your and your spouse's new journey together.
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One Indian couple, unfortunately, had their future cut short when they received a deadly wedding gift from the wife's jealous ex-boyfriend.
The incident took place in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh where Hemendra Merawi was installing a wedding gift which he and his wife had received from her ex-boyfriend.
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Little did he know that the device had been rigged with explosives and as he plugged in the music system, it resulted in a deadly explosion.
Merawi passed away but was not the only one that was harmed. His older brother, Rajkumar, also succumbed to his injuries and four other family members, including an 18-month-old child, were injured and taken to hospital to receive treatment.
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According to the Independent, the local police have identified the suspect responsible for the horrible tragedy as 33-year-old Sarju Markam, who had previously dated the victim's wife.
While Sarju is a married man and father to two sons, he had never disclosed this information to the 29-year-old woman and wanted to marry her.
Markam had initially lied to Merawi’s wife that he was not married. After she realised the truth, she refused to marry him. But he kept threatening her to marry him. Markam fitted the bomb in the system and kept it below the mandap (platform) along with other gifts,” 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.
The police also disclosed that Markam had previously worked in a stone crusher plant where he learned how to use ammonium nitrate to build explosives.
Markam has been arrested.
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