A newly married man and his elder brother were killed and four others injured after a home theatre music system they had received as a wedding gift exploded in their house in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district. The incident took place on Monday and the exact cause of the explosion is not yet known. The impact of the explosion led to the collapse of walls and roof of the room where the home theatre system was kept. The area where the incident took place falls in a Maoist-affected area on Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh border, around 200 km from Raipur. As per preliminary information, Hemendra Merawi, 22, got married on April 1. On Monday, he and the other family members were unwrapping the wedding presents inside a room in his house. As Merawi switched on the home theatre system after connecting its wire to an electric board, there was a huge explosion. Merawi died on the spot. His brother Rajkumar, 30, and four others, including a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, suffered injuries and they were taken to the district hospital in Kawradha. Merawi’s brother succumbed during treatment. The others are undergoing treatment in the hospital. The exact cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained. During inspection of the room, no other inflammable item was found which could have triggered the explosion.
