During the lively Bandi Chhor Divas festivities in Dharmabad village, Gurdaspur, a heart-wrenching event transpired as a homemade explosive detonated, tragically taking one life and injuring six others. The device, reportedly constructed from an iron pipe and potash by brothers struggling with financial difficulties, went off unexpectedly during its ignition.
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