*Bhubaneswar: *A newly-married man in Odisha was killed and his wifecritically injured when a gift that they had received for their weddingreception exploded. The man’s grandmother also died in the blast. Theincident took place in Odisha’s Bolangir district on Friday, just five daysafter their wedding, the police said.

The police are trying to identify who gave the package to the couple attheir reception ceremony on Wednesday and what kind of explosive was usedin the incident. The gift package that was brought home after thereception, exploded when they opened it, they said.

The explosion occurred when the couple opened a gift package

The elderly woman was killed on the spot while her grandson died at ahospital in Rourkela where he was shifted to after being injured.

The wife of the man who was also severely injured in the explosion at theirresidence is still undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Burla.

Patnagarh Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sesadeva Bariha had said, “Thepolice have collected evidence and an investigation is on.”

Bolangir Chief District Medical Officer S Mishra said the elderly woman wasdeclared “brought dead” at the Bolangir district headquarters hospital.”The man injured in the blast also died at the Ispat General Hospital inRourkela,” he added.