"A special team led by ADGP Law and Order will be investigating this incident...20 members will be in the investigating team," Vijayan said at a press conference.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday slammed BJP leader and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar for his "appeasement politics" remarks over the blasts at the convention centre of a Christian group in Kochi, which claimed at least two lives and left several injured.
Addressing the media later on Sunday evening, the minister said that as many as six out of eight people admitted to the hospital are in 'critical condition'.
A man has surrendered before the Kerala Police in connection with the serial blasts that took place at a prayer meeting in Kalamassery on Sunday morning, said Kerala ADGP (law and order) MR Ajith Kumar.
One person was killed and over 35 have been critically wounded in the explosions that took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witness believers at Zamra International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Kalamassery area in Ernakulam district on Sunday.
"Shocked to hear about the blast at a religious gathering at #Kalamassery, Ernakulam district, Kerala, killing one person and injuring over 20. Heartfelt condolences to the kin of the deceased and prayers for a speedy recovery of the injured," Kerala Raj Bhavan said in a statement.
Voicing concern after twin explosions at a prayer hall in Kerala left one person dead and several injured, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and BJP leader, V Muraleedharan, on Sunday said it was disturbing to note that his home state was turning a hotbed of incidents that coul
After one person died and several others were injured in blasts that ripped through a prayer hall during a meeting in Kochi's Kalamassery, the state DGP on Sunday confirmed that there were two explosions.
Union Home Minister Amit on Sunday spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after multiple explosions took place at a convention centre leaving one dead and several injured.
Amit Shah directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and National Security Guard (NSG) to rush teams to Kerala and start an investigation after one person died and several others were injured in multiple explosions in Kochi's Kalamassery on Sunday.
After one person died and many others were injured in a blast incident that took place at Kalamassery in Kerala's Kochi during a prayer meeting on Sunday morning, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed his condolences, saying, "It's a very, very unfortunate incident."
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that Hamas leader Khaled Mashal's virtual participation in a pro-Palestine rally at Mallapuram in Kerala shows "the failure of the Pinarayi Vijayan government."