BUNDI, RAJASTHAN- What was meant to be a day of festive joy turned into an unbearable tragedy for a family in Rajasthan’s Bundi district on Monday afternoon, after a 12-year-old boy lost his life in a severe firecracker experiment.
The deceased, identified as Sajan Kalbeliya, was playing outside his home in Nanakpuriya village in the Ramganj Balaji area under Sadar Police Station limits. At around 12:30 PM, while his family members were inside busy making preparations for Govardhan Puja, Sajan placed a high-intensity ‘sutli bomb’ inside a tumbler to ignite it.
The resulting explosion was severe enough to shatter the container, sending sharp shrapnel flying into Sajan’s chest and upper abdomen at high velocity.
Hearing the loud bang, his father, Ramlal Kalbeliya, rushed behind the house and found the boy lying in a pool of blood. The panicked family hurried him to the district hospital, where attending doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Sajan was the middle child among three siblings, flanked by an older brother, Dilkhush and a younger sister, Payal. His father was left distraught at the scene, while local municipal council chairman Bharat Sharma arrived at the hospital to offer condolences and financial support to the grieving family.
Kotwali Station House Officer Ramesh Arya stated that because the incident occurred within the Sadar Police Station jurisdiction, local officers were immediately dispatched. Assistant Sub-Inspector Ram Singh confirmed that police have initiated an official inquiry and sent the body for a post-mortem to determine the exact circumstances of the blast. Authorities have renewed warnings to parents to closely supervise children around heavy pyrotechnics during holiday festivities.
