Kerala police steps up security following Delhi blasts

The Kerala police have stepped up security following the Delhi blasts, which claimed at least eight lives and injured several others on Monday (November 10, 2025). 

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Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order and Crime Branch, H Venkatesh, told The Hindu that the police have drawn a tight security net around key installations and vulnerable public spaces, including the State’s airports, railway stations, Kochi Metro and Water Metro and bus terminals.

The police have also placed significant religious sites, including mosques, temples, and the Jewish Synagogue at Mattancheri in Ernakulam, under security cover. They have also brought the Vizhinjam International Seaport, ISRO, and VSSC facilities in the State under a safety blanket.

Anti-sabotage squads are inspecting vulnerable public areas, including night spots, for suspiciously parked vehicles and seemingly abandoned objects, including unclaimed baggage and unidentified packages. Mr. Venkatesh said the high security alert would remain in force.

The police have intensified night patrolling and overt deployment of officers in public spaces frequented by large numbers of residents, including beaches and weekend holiday destinations.

Officials said the State police initiated the sweeping security exercise after preliminary investigation pointed to the possible involvement of terrorist groups. They said the police had initiated a high alert level not seen since the Easter Day Blasts in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019.

The security drive involved intensive vehicle checks at border check posts and cracking down on potential illegal diversion of explosives for criminal purposes, mainly crude gunpowder used in fireworks and nitrate-based mixtures used for illegal quarrying, including banned gelatin sticks and nitroglycerine-based explosives.

The police will also examine the sale, transport, and storage of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulphate-based fertilisers, often used in crude bomb explosions, especially in politically tense neighbourhoods in North Kerala.

The police would also prohibit parking on arterial roads, including those leading to airports and thoroughfares adjacent to key Central and State facilities.

The police are also working in tandem with the tourism sector, including high-end hotels and resorts catering to foreign tourists, businesspersons, and dignitaries in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, and Kozhikode, as part of the State-wide security clampdown.

They said law enforcement was in touch with the Border Security Force (BSF) sector headquarters and campus in Thiruvananthapuram, as well as the Pangode Military Station, the Kochi Naval Base and its training academy in Ezhimala in Kannur as part of the security drive.

They said the precautions had significant security implications as they came against the backdrop of preliminary investigations pointing to possible involvement of a terrorist group in the Delhi blasts. The police have also brought outfits suspected to be fronts for proscribed organisations under their surveillance.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan have condemned the attack. In a tweet, Mr Vijayan urged the authorities to bring to book those responsible for the heinous crime. He expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and stated that Kerala stands in solidarity with the people of Delhi.