Archive · 19 Sep 2025
Kerala Police Seek US Help in Probe of BJP Leader's Facebook Post
Imagine there was a bad explosion in India, and the police think a politician in a party called BJP may have posted something mean about it on Facebook.
The police are asking the United States for help because Facebook is a US company.
They want to see what was posted.
The police believe the post was trying to make people fight.
A man already admitted to causing the explosions.
Now the police are investigating the politician’s alleged post and want to know more about it, so they are asking for help from the US.
Kerala Police are seeking US help in the investigation of a Facebook post allegedly made by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The post, reportedly from Chandrasekhar’s account, is accused of attempting to incite communal disharmony following twin bomb blasts.
The blasts took place at a Jehovah's Witnesses convention in Kalamassery, Kerala, on October 29, 2023, killing eight people.
The Kerala government has approved the state police's request to send a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) request to the US.
The MLA request will be routed through the CBI to gather information from US social media platforms, including Facebook and X.
- Who
- Kerala Police and US authorities
- What
- Seeking US assistance in the probe into a Facebook post related to the October 2023 blasts
- When
- Government approved the police request on September 8, 2025, seeking MLA assistance; the blasts occurred on October 29, 2023
- Where
- Kerala, India, and the United States
- Why
- To obtain details from US-based social media platforms (Facebook, X) regarding a post allegedly from BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's account that is believed to have attempted to disturb communal harmony and was made in the context of the blasts.
- Incident
- Twin bomb blasts at Jehovah's Witnesses convention
- Location of Blasts
- Kalamassery, Kerala
- Date of Blasts
- October 29, 2023
- Number of Deaths
- 8
- Police Action
- Seeking US assistance for Facebook post probe
- Suspect Post Origin
- BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Facebook account
- Legal Assistance Request
- Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) request via CBI