Arrest made over India ‘wedding bomb’ murder

    Police in India have arrested a man in connection with a “wedding bomb” that killed a man and injured his wife.

    Punjilal Meher, a teacher who worked with the victim’s mother at a college in Orissa state, is accused of plotting a revenge killing.

    Reports say the mother was promoted over the suspect, which police believe provided the motive for him to send a parcel bomb to the couple five days after their wedding.

    Over 100 people have been questioned in the police investigation so far.

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