The Indian authorities reported this Wednesday the arrest of a man, allegedly involved in the death of two peopleafter an explosive device exploded that was inside the wedding gift that he sent to his ex-partner and that left the woman’s husband among the victims.

The event took place last Monday in the Kabirdham district, in the state of Chhatisgarh, in central India, when the gift given to the couple, a home theater system, It exploded when plugged into the electric current. local police officer Surendra Sahare has confirmed to EFE.

The ex-boyfriend of the newlywed, who was arrested on Tuesday by the Indian authorities as the main defendant in this event, sent a “gift to the couple a home theater system that explodes” on the wedding day. The strong explosion, which even brought down the walls of the room where the event took place, killed his husband and his brotherand injured four other people, including a minor, reported police sources quoted by the Indian channel NDTV.

After his arrest, the defendantadmitted to police that he sent the couple a wedding gift loaded with explosives because he was angry with his ex-girlfriend for marrying another man after insisting that she become his second wife.

Revenge and honor killings They are common in India, among a deeply patriarchal society that perceives a woman’s rejection of a man’s sentimental proposal as an offense. Often crimes of harassment, threats, rape, acid attacks, or in the worst scenarios, death, occupy the headlines of the media related to reasons of honor.