Overview
- The victim, identified as Rajendra Barotiya, died when an object he was told was a rasgulla exploded in his mouth at his home in Padariya village, Dindori district, late on Tuesday, November 10.
- Police detained the primary accused, named as neighbour Ram Bhagat Barotiya, and at least two other people including an unnamed boy who officers say may have supplied the device.
- Family members and local officers described the device as a crude, country‑made explosive commonly used to kill wild boars, and the blast caused fatal injuries to the victim’s mouth and jaw.
- Authorities are questioning suspects, collecting forensic evidence and tracing the device’s chain of custody while investigating possible personal enmity and how the explosive was obtained.
- The case has raised local safety concerns about the easy availability and misuse of improvised rural explosives and could prompt tighter police scrutiny of such devices in the district.