Bhopal, April 22 -- Panic swept through Milanpur village in Betul district on Monday afternoon after a suspected battery explosion inside a home left four children severely injured. However, the nature and depth of the injuries have raised suspicions among doctors, who now believe that the wounds may not have been caused by a conventional battery blast, but potentially by a more powerful explosive substance such as dynamite.

The incident occurred when the children were playing inside the house and reportedly began handling a defective motorcycle battery they had brought home. Suddenly, a loud explosion shook the premises. The blast inflicted deep lacerations, measuring up to one and a half centimeters, on the children's hands and feet-far ...