The police investigation into the Kalamassery bomb blast took a startling turn on Sunday afternoon, with a former member of the evangelist group Jehovah’s Witnesses claiming responsibility for the attack that claimed one life and left scores of worshippers injured at the crowded prayer convention.
It seemed that one aspect of the police probe had pivoted towards the inner workings of the almost cult-like religious organisation with a significant presence in Kerala.
At the same time, the police were pursuing other trails, including a car that suspiciously left the locality moments before the explosion and radical organisations inimical to international evangelical organisations that back Israel’s political line against Palestine.
