[2] The resulting explosion tore the plaster off the ceiling, cracked the walls, and hurled the kitchen window into a nearby field.
Soumya and his great aunt Jemamani, who was visiting the couple at the time, suffered 90% TBSA burns and died en route to hospital.
[2] In April 2018, Balangir police received an anonymous letter which blamed the parcel bombing on Soumya's "betrayal" and a loss of money, possibly as a result of a property dispute.
[2][5] Punji Lal Meher, an English teacher and formerly the principal of the Jyoti Vikas College[6] in Balangir district who was replaced by Soumya's mother, was arrested after having been questioned earlier and dismissed as a suspect.
Police sent computer hardware belonging to the suspect to an Israeli company for analysis and recovery of deleted data.
[7] Meher was accused of traveling to Raipur without his mobile phone or buying a train ticket and posting the parcel, returning the same day.
[10] A film, titled Bullet Raja, is planned starring Odia actor Hara Rath and directed by Sridhar Martha.