Kozhikode police arrested an RSS activist Joshy Ram on Sunday, after an explosion in his house, Reported Urdu daily "Inquilab".
According to other sources, a 50-year-old woman sustained serious injuries when explosives allegedly stored in the kitchen of her house went off at Maramuttam in the Koyilandy police station limits on Saturday.
It is reported that Joshy Ram's mother Preetha, suffered 45 per cent burns in the explosion and she was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital here.
According to the sources, the first instance the cause of the blast was believed to be a gas cylinder burst, but the scientific experts from the police department found the presence of potassium chlorate in the kitchen of the house whis is usually used to make explosives.
Joshy Ram and his brother Jolly Ram along with his wife - were present in the house when the explosion took place, sources added.
While cops immediately sent service scientific experts, bomb squad and the dog squad to the crime scene, they also took into the custody Joshy Ram (23) after he confessed to Koyilandy SI Sunil Kumar that he kept the explosive substance in the house purportedly for making fire crackers.
But the police now doubt the chemical substance was being used for other nefarious activities including bomb-making. "We can reach at a conclusion only after receiving the detailed laboratory reports on the chemical samples collected from the spot," the SI said.
According to other sources, a 50-year-old woman sustained serious injuries when explosives allegedly stored in the kitchen of her house went off at Maramuttam in the Koyilandy police station limits on Saturday.
It is reported that Joshy Ram's mother Preetha, suffered 45 per cent burns in the explosion and she was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital here.
According to the sources, the first instance the cause of the blast was believed to be a gas cylinder burst, but the scientific experts from the police department found the presence of potassium chlorate in the kitchen of the house whis is usually used to make explosives.
Joshy Ram and his brother Jolly Ram along with his wife - were present in the house when the explosion took place, sources added.
While cops immediately sent service scientific experts, bomb squad and the dog squad to the crime scene, they also took into the custody Joshy Ram (23) after he confessed to Koyilandy SI Sunil Kumar that he kept the explosive substance in the house purportedly for making fire crackers.
But the police now doubt the chemical substance was being used for other nefarious activities including bomb-making. "We can reach at a conclusion only after receiving the detailed laboratory reports on the chemical samples collected from the spot," the SI said.
