According to police, Merawi’s wife was romantically involved with Sarju Markam, a 33-year-old auto mechanic, prior to the couple’s marriage.
Markam became enraged after Merawi came into the picture and allegedly devised a plan to get revenge after Merawi and his wife announced their intentions to wed.
Merawi and his wife’s families arranged the marriage, and Markam tried to convince his ex-lover not to go through with the wedding.
According to The Indian Express, a day before the wedding, Markam called his ex-lover and stated, “You are getting married but you will never be happy.” He then threatened Merawi.
It was after these inflammatory calls that Markam made plans to create a bomb. He reportedly had prior knowledge of explosives from his previous job at a stone crushing plant.
He hid the bomb inside a home stereo system and wrapped it up as a wedding gift for the new couple. Police say Markam had a friend give him a ride to the venue, where he sneaked inside and hid the box beneath the piles of other gifts.
A few days after the wedding, Merawi and his brother plugged the stereo in and turned it on, triggering the explosion. The impact of the blast was strong enough to blow the roof off the house and collapse the walls.
Four others, including an 18-month-boy, were injured in the explosion, which took place on 3 April at the groom’s home in Kabirdham district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Police said Mr Markam, 33, was in a relationship with the 29-year-old woman and was insisting that she become his second wife.
But the woman’s family refused and arranged her marriage elsewhere.
Police said the blast was so strong that the walls and the roof of the room collapsed from its impact.
Merawi, a resident of Chamari village under Rengakhar police station limits, married a 29-year-old woman from nearby Anjana village on March 31. The wedding reception was held in his house on April 1, he said.
The cops said that when the groom switched on the home theatre system after connecting its wire to an electric band, there was a huge explosion, which led to Merawi’s death on the spot. His brother, on the other hand, succumbed during treatment. The probe and call details of family members revealed that Merawi’s wife was in constant touch with Markam. The duo had an affair and Markam was unhappy since the woman stopped talking to him after her marriage got fixed with Merawi, the official said.Merawi’s call details also revealed that he spoke to Markam on March 30, the day when the former’s wedding rituals began, he said.
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