Overview

• A bomb disposal team defused the device hidden inside a music speaker, which was rigged to detonate when plugged into a power source
• Police say prime accused Vinay Verma assembled the IED using online tutorials and targeted the parcel at a woman’s husband out of unrequited love
• Forensic analysis of Verma’s phone uncovered Google searches on bomb making and methods to kill without detection
• Raids in Durg district seized 60 gelatin sticks and two detonators allegedly siphoned from a Patharia stone quarry
• Investigators have detained the quarry operator and intermediaries as part of a broader probe into the illegal explosives supply chain