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<\/div>\nAs the man switched on the home theatre system, there was a huge explosion. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A newly married man and his elder brother were killed and four others injured after a home theatre music system they had received as wedding gift exploded in their house in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, police said today.<\/p>\n
The incident took place on Monday and the exact cause of the explosion was not yet known, they said.<\/p>\n
The impact of the explosion led to the collapse of walls and roof of the room where the home theatre system was kept, the police said.<\/p>\n
The area falls in a Maoist-affected area on Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh border, around 200 km from Raipur.<\/p>\n
As per preliminary information, Hemendra Merawi, 22, got married on April 1.<\/p>\n
On Monday, he and the other family members were unwrapping the wedding presents inside a room in his house, Kabirdham Additional Superintendent of Police Manisha Thakur said.<\/p>\n
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, she said.<\/p>\n
His brother Rajkumar, 30, and four others, including a one-and-a-half year boy, suffered injuries and they were taken to the district hospital in Kawradha, she said.<\/p>\n
Merawi’s brother succumbed during treatment. The others are undergoing treatment in the hospital, the police official said.<\/p>\n
Soon after being alerted, a police team along with forensic experts went to the spot. The exact cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained, she said.<\/p>\n
Durgesh Rawte, station house officer of Rengakhar police station said during inspection of the room, no other inflammable item was found which could have triggered the explosion.<\/p>\n
The music system was the only equipment which exploded in the room, he said, adding the cause of the explosion will be known after the investigation.
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