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More than 60 persons, astir of them children aged betwixt 8 and 14, were hospitalised successful Bhopal owed to injuries sustained aft utilizing “dangerous” calcium carbide guns connected Deepavali, an authoritative said connected Thursday (October 23, 2025).
Though determination is nary menace to their lives, immoderate of the injured persons person mislaid their eyesight, portion a fewer person suffered facial burns, helium said.
Bhopal’s Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) Manish Sharma told PTI Videos, “Carbide tube guns are precise dangerous. The 60 radical injured by the usage of these guns are inactive being treated successful hospitals successful the State capital. All are safe.” Five persons are being treated astatine Seva Sadan Hospital, portion others are admitted to Hamidia Hospital, JP Hospital, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The “dangerous” gun, made utilizing a state lighter, a integrative pipe, and calcium carbide, was successful vogue this Deepavali. The calcium carbide successful the weapon produces acetylene state erstwhile it meets h2o and explodes upon interaction with a spark, an authoritative said.
Experts said tiny integrative fragments ejected from the pipe, similar shrapnel, penetrate the body, causing superior injuries and harm to assorted parts, particularly the eyes, face, and skin.
An authoritative said that much than 150 cases of injuries owed to carbide guns were reported crossed Bhopal metropolis the time aft Deepavali, and galore of them were discharged aft archetypal aid.
He said a squad of doctors is moving to reconstruct the eyesight of a 12-year-old kid admitted to AIIMS. Treatment is ongoing for 2 much children astatine Hamidia Hospital, wherever astir 10 children are admitted.
Talking to PTI Videos, the families of 14-year-old Hemant Panthi and 15-year-old Aris, who are receiving attraction astatine Hamidia Hospital, blamed the medication for the availability of the carbide weapon and demanded a prohibition connected it.
Aris’s father, Sarikh Khan, said specified guns should not beryllium sold successful the marketplace successful the archetypal place.
“Strict enactment should beryllium taken against those who manufacture and merchantability these guns. Compensation should beryllium provided to screen the children’s aesculapian expenses,” helium said.
CMHO Sharma said the medication is continuously taking enactment against those who manufacture and merchantability carbide guns.
In a gathering with officials connected October 18, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had directed territory magistrates and constabulary officers crossed the State to forestall the merchantability of carbide tube guns. However, the devices were sold rampantly successful the market.
