The serial blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter have had far-reaching effects, with families in India, too, devastated by the impact. In two separate incidents at the Kingsbury and Shangri-La hotels on Sunday, a real estate businessman and a JDS worker from Bengaluru lost their lives, while a diplomat who sustained injuries in the blast was airlifted and later admitted to the Manipal Super Specialty Hospital in critical condition.

On Sunday morning, N Ramesh and Prasanna Reddy from Bengaluru were sleeping in room number 401 of Kings Bury Hotel, when they suddenly heard a huge explosion. They rushed outside and saw smoke everywhere. They tried calling their friends S R Nagaraj, 47, and Purshotam Reddy, 45, who were staying in room number 801. However, the calls did not go through. Nagaraj had died in the blasts that day and Reddy suffered grievous injuries.