Man dies after eating bomb disguised as popular sweet dumpling dessert

An Indian man, Rajendra Barautiya, died after a neighbour gave him an explosive disguised as a rasgulla, a popular sweet dumpling. The homemade device detonated when Barautiya put it in his mouth, and police are investigating whether it was intended to kill him or was a malicious prank.

Barautiya, 35, had finished dinner with his family and was sitting by a bonfire outside his home in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district. He was taken to hospital with severe injuries and pronounced dead. The crude bombs, made with cheese dough and gunpowder, are reportedly used by some villagers to kill wild boars; a homicide case was pending against the neighbour and another man as officials investigated how the device was obtained.