The deceased identified as Molly Joy was a resident of Kalamassery. Joy had suffered 80 per cent burns owing to the blast. She was undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Kochi Police had arrested Martin after the blasts based on a self-made confession video posted on Facebook claiming responsibility for the blasts at the Zamra International Convention Centre in Kalamassery where over 2,000 followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian sect, had gathered f
Kerala police have registered 54 cases across the state for spreading communally instigative messages on social media in connection with the multiple explosions that rocked Kochi's Kalamassery, the police said on Sunday.
The Kerala Police reiterated on Tuesday that they were convinced that the suspect, Dominic Martin, carried out the blasts in the Kochi Convention Centre, and so he was arrested. This blast was caused by a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Kerala Police officials said.
"The agencies of the government of India are already on the job of investigating the bomb blasts that happened in the prayer meeting in Kerala.... This issue of the bomb blast is being utilised by the state government to raise allegations against the BJP and in particular against Union Minis
Calling the incident "shocking", Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) PC Chacko on late Monday said that Kerala which was rocked by multiple explosions on Sunday morning is, unlike other states famous for "communal harmony" and such incident" has never happened in Kerala."
Speaking with ANI, Police Commissioner A Akbar said, "Dominic Martin's arrest was recorded at 7 pm. He will be produced in court within the stipulated time. He has been charged under sections of Explosive Substances Act and UAPA. As of now, we are convinced that this is a single man's act