Obsessed Electrician Googles ‘How To Make Bomb’, Sends IED In Music Speaker As ‘Gift’ To Woman’s Husband
The scheme was uncovered when the intended recipient reported a suspicious parcel to the police. Inside was a 2-kg IED designed to detonate upon plugging in.
Obsessed with the woman since college, he plotted the murder after her recent marriage. Photo : iStock
A 20-year-old electrician from Chhattisgarh attempted to murder a woman’s husband by sending an explosive device hidden in a music speaker as a gift. The accused Vinay Verma was allegedly obsessed with the woman since their college days, and hatched the plan to eliminate her husband after her recent marriage.
The conspiracy came to light when a suspicious parcel, neatly gift-wrapped and bearing a fake India Post logo, was delivered to a shop in Manpur village under the Gandai police station limits. The parcel was addressed to village resident Afsar Khan, the intended target. Finding it suspicious, Khan promptly alerted the police.
A bomb disposal team then examined the package and found a 2-kg IED concealed inside a brand-new speaker. Technical analysis showed the IED was designed to detonate upon being plugged into a power source. The current would reach a detonator connected to the speaker’s wiring, triggering the explosion.
The investigation revealed that Vinay Verma, a resident of Kusami village in Khairagarh, allegedly hatched the plot in a bid to murder Khan. Police say he was in one-sided love with Khan’s wife since her college days. After she married Khan a few months back, Verma allegedly plotted to eliminate him and assembled the IED using online tutorials, designing it to detonate upon being plugged in. Gelatin sticks were used as the primary explosive, and the speaker’s outer casing would act as deadly shrapnel upon detonation.
‘How to kill person using bomb’: Google search history reveals shocking murder plan
Verma, an electrician, procured the speaker and assembled the IED using online tutorials. His mobile phone’s Google search history included “how to kill a person using a bomb without being caught by police”, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district Superintendent of Police (SP) Lakshya Sharma told PTI.
Further probe indicated the explosives used in the device had been siphoned off from a stone quarry in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district. Durg resident Parmeshwar allegedly paid Rs 6,000 to procure gelatin rods from Gopal and Dilip, also natives of Durg. Ghasiram delivered the explosives, while Khilesh is accused of preparing the fake India Post logo used on the parcel, the official said.
