New Delhi: Police in Kerala’s Ernakulam registered a first information report (FIR) against Union minister for state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar for a post in which he insinuated that “calls for jihad” were behind Sunday’s blasts at a prayer meeting in the state.A series of blasts during a 2,000-strong Jehovah’s Witnesses event near Ernakulam on Sunday (October 29) killed three people and injured more than 50 others.Chandrasekhar posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday that while Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan was “sitting in Delhi and protesting against Israel”, “open calls by Terrorist Hamas for Jihad [are] causing attacks and bomb blasts on innocent Christians” in Kerala.Vijayan, who is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was attending a party event in Delhi expressing solidarity with Palestinians when the blasts occurred.A man named Dominic Martin claimed responsibility for the blasts on Sunday and said he was a disillusioned member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses movement.The FIR against Chandrasekhar invokes Sections 153 and 153-A of the Indian Penal Code, which relate to provoking riots and promoting enmity between groups respectively.Police also included section 120 (o) of the Kerala Police Act, which relates to “causing nuisance and violation of public order through any means of communication”, according to The Hindu.Vijayan castigated Chandrasekhar for his remarks. “Those who are poisonous will keep spitting poison … He is a minister and he should show a minimum level of respect to the investigating agencies,” the Kerala chief minister said.He continued: “On what basis are these people targeting one community and taking a specific angle? The probe is still ongoing, so on what basis is he making such a statement while holding such a responsible position?”In Kerala, local BJP leader K.S. Radhakrishnan said that Kalamassery, the place where the blasts occurred, had a bad reputation “since olden times” and that it was a place where terrorist activities have taken place, Malayalam newspaper Janmabhumi reported.In response, the local party Indian Union Muslim League lodged a police complaint against Radhakrishnan for “denigrating Kalamassery as a den of terror” and alleged that what he said instigated hatred, The Hindu reported.Its report added that another local organisation named the All India Youth Federation submitted a complaint to the Kalamassery police against BJP leader Sandip Warrier for “[trying to portray a community in a bad light and [instigating] communal hatred”.