Accused arrested under UAPA in Kerala serial blast case

Kerala. A big update has come in the Kalamassery blast case. Dominic Martin, accused of the blast, has been arrested. Dominic Martin has been arrested under UAPA, Explosives Act and murder charges. It is noteworthy that the death toll in the morning blasts that took place at a conference center of the Christian community in Kalamassery, Kerala on Sunday, on the occasion of the conclusion of a three-day prayer meeting, has increased to three, while the condition of four injured remains critical. An official of the state health department gave this information on Monday.

According to the official, a 12-year-old girl named Libina, a resident of Malayattoor in Ernakulam district, died late on Sunday night during treatment at the Kalamassery Government Medical College Hospital. Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that the four injured, whose condition is critical, include Libina’s mother and brother, who suffered burns to more than 50 percent of their body. According to a statement issued by the medical board of Kalamassery Government Medical College Hospital, Libina was admitted on Sunday morning with burns on 95 per cent of her body in the blast.

The statement said that despite being kept on a ventilator, the girl’s condition continued to deteriorate and she died around 12.40 am on Sunday night. With this, the number of people who lost their lives in the blasts at the Christian community conference center in Kalamassery increased to three. Two women who attended the prayer meeting died on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on Monday, George said that after the blasts, about 60 injured were admitted for treatment, while one person was brought dead.

He said that currently 12 people are admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Kalamassery Government Medical College Hospital and other hospitals. Multiple blasts rocked an international conference center in Kalamassery on Sunday morning when followers of the Christian group Jehovah’s Witnesses had gathered for prayers on the last day of a three-day prayer meeting. A man claiming to be a member of the ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ group surrendered before the Thrissur district police hours after the blasts. Taking responsibility for the blasts, he had said that the group’s teachings were ‘not good for the country’.