In Bengaluru, a man bet on a new car and sat on a cracker. the explosion kills him

Bengaluru:

A man paid the price with his life for sitting on a powerful firecracker during a betting challenge with friends on Diwali night in Bengaluru. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

Sabreesh, 32, was under the influence when he agreed to take up the challenge with his friends. Local reports said that they all drank alcohol before coming out to burst crackers.

The bet was that whoever could sit on a cardboard box with a powerful firecracker placed underneath it would get a new autorickshaw.

CCTV footage of the incident shows Sabreesh sitting on a rectangular box while his friends surround him. One of them lit the fuse, after which they all fled to safety.

Sabreesh was sitting alone there waiting for the firecracker to burst. It took a few seconds of waiting and then, bam, the firecracker went off. His friends came running to see him amidst a thick cloud of smoke. By then Sabreesh had fallen on the road.

Reports say that the shock of the blast caused damage to his internal organs. The police is investigating the matter

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Bengaluru) Lokesh Jaglasar said, “A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered and six people involved in the incident have been arrested and produced before the court.”