Bride dies at the alter- "Lil' sis, c'mon down!" (India)

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6 hours ago, crash_davis said:

India, man...

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/groom-dead-home-theatre-blast-b2314520.html?utm_source=reddit.com

A newlywed man and his brother died after a home theatre music system that they received as a wedding gift exploded in India's Chhattisgarh state.

The explosive-laden music system was allegedly gifted by the bride's ex-lover, who was livid about her getting married to another man, the police said.

The intensity of the blast was so strong that it reportedly brought down the roof and walls of the house.

 

The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Sarju Markam, was arrested from the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

Mr Markam, a married man and a father of two sons, was allegedly in a relationship with a 29-year-old woman and wanted her to be his second wife.

"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,” the police said in a statement.

The suspect also threatened Merawi and the two previously had an altercation over the issue.

“Markam fitted the bomb in the system and kept it below the mandap (platform) along with other gifts,” superintendent of police Lal Umed Singh 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. When the newlywed played the Nickelback CD which was included, the system detonated and destroyed everything around it, much like Nickelback's career."

 

 

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