Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that 53 cases have been registered across the state in connection with spreading fake narratives through social media to allegedly instigate communal sentiments in connection with the blasts at a Christian religious gathering at Kochi's Kalamassery in October last year.

Responding to a question by MLA M Naushad in the Assembly, Vijayan said the Left government views the attempts to incite hatred in the state as a serious matter.