Bhopal: Over 60, mostly children, hospitalised after using makeshift ‘calcium carbide guns’ during Diwali

Bhopal: Over 60, mostly children, hospitalised after using makeshift ‘calcium carbide guns’ during Diwali

The dangerous devices, which cost as little as ₹150 and are fashioned from a gas lighter, a plastic pipe, and calcium carbide, were widely available this festival season despite an official ban.