Thiruvananthapuram: Rinson Jose, a Kerala-born entrepreneur and Norwegian citizen, has been allegedly linked to the recent pager blasts in Lebanon that left several dead and many injured, a source said Saturday.

Lebanon: On September 17, the explosions of Gold Apollo pagers in Lebanon, which were supposedly meant to target Hezbollah operatives, led to 12 people dead and hundreds severely injured. Similar blasts in Syria killed 14 people.

Oslo police said it had initiated “preliminary enquiries into the information that had come to light”. Norway's domestic intelligence agency, PST, stated that it was aware of the situation, the Reuters report added.