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 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
After his alleged involvement in Sunday's Kalamassery bomb blast case, Dominic Martin will be produced in court today, Kochi police said on Tuesday. He was arrested at 7 p.m. yesterday evening.
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
A day after multiple explosions rocked a prayer meeting in Kalamassery, the Opposition in Kerala called out the 'hate campaign' in social media and urged the state government to address the situation.
"Those who are critically ill have burns above 50-60 per cent. Four are critically ill, rest are almost stable. All of them have burns, but no other injuries are found. They have burns. Let the police conduct the inquiry, they will answer all the questions," George said.
After a series of blasts at a prayer meeting in Kerala's Kalamassery jolted the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary M V Govindan has said that the incident has to be investigated if it has a connection with the Palestine issue.