Raj Sadosh/Abohar.
In the “drug-hotspot” area of Indira Nagri, unidentified youths threw a lit ‘sutli bomb’ (a firecracker wrapped in twine) late midnight into a room through a ventilator. The resulting explosion and the subsequent catching fire of their clothing left a woman and her granddaughter, who was sleeping in the room, severely burned. Both have been admitted to the Civil Hospital for treatment.
Use of such a locally made firecracker had been banned but deafening noise across the town indicated that the same were used freely even after the permitted timing but none checked.
The victim, Lajwanti, said that around 2:00 AM, her daughter, Sejal, and her mother-in-law, Kamla, were asleep in the room. During this time, unidentified youths allegedly threw a lit ‘sutli bomb’ inside through the ventilator. The loud blast and the fact that their clothes caught fire caused both of them to scream. Hearing their cries, family members rushed to the room, but by then, the fire had already spread.
The family managed to bring the fire under control, but by that point, 12-year-old Sejal had sustained severe burns, and her grandmother, Kamla, had also suffered burns from the flames. The perpetrators fled the scene immediately after the incident.
Lajwanti alleged that certain anti-social elements had been persistently harassing her family and 5–6 other neighbouring families for the past several days. The affected family has urged the police to identify those responsible for throwing the explosive and to take strict legal action against them. The police are currently investigating the matter.
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