A man who works as a clerk for a Gujarat High Court advocate and his brother were injured on Saturday after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) delivered to his house in Ahmedabad exploded. The police arrested the man who delivered the homemade bomb and said that the incident was a fallout of a personal dispute. The incident took place at 10.45 am on Saturday. Gaurav Niranjan Gadhvi delivered a homemade bomb at Baldev Sukhadia’s house. The bomb went off, injuring Baldev and his brother Kirit, the police said. Gadhvi tried to escape but was caught by locals and handed over to the police who reached the spot shortly after receiving information about the low-intensity explosion. Gadhvi has been placed under arrest, Nirajkumar Badgujar, Additional Commissioner of Police, Sector-1, Ahmedabad, confirmed. While both Baldev and Kirit suffered slight burn injuries, Kirit was also hurt by the razor blades that had been packed into the IED, the police said. The police suspect the device was detonated remotely but are awaiting confirmation from the forensic science laboratory team. After Baldev told the police that he suspected a man named Rupen Kishor Barot, the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) raided Barot’s home and found bomb-making materials and three country-made pistols, Ajit Rajian, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said. “It primarily appears that Rupen Barot and his wife Hetal are divorced and that Barot blamed Baldev for this… it appears to be a personal revenge issue at this point but the investigation is underway,” Badgujar said. Meanwhile, the Sabarmati police, under whose jurisdiction the incident took place, questioned Gadhvi. He allegedly told the police that he was only hired to deliver the device. According to the police, he knew what the parcel contained. Gadhvi and Barot have been booked under the attempt to murder charge, among others.
