Lone accused arrested in connection with prayer meeting blast in Kalamassery

In Kerala, Dominic Martin, the lone accused arrested in connection with the  blast last Sunday at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalamassery, was remanded to judicial custody till the 29th of this month by a court in Ernakulam last evening.

 

Earlier in the day, the accused was taken to his ancestral home at Athani near Aluva, where he is believed to have



assembled the IED after procuring necessary materials from different sources. 

The accused triggered the bomb at a convention centre at Kalamassery where the prayer meeting was being held, and  surrendered a few hours later at the Kodakara Police Station in Thrissur district and confessed about the crime.