Kozhikode: The suspect in the Kerala train attack case, who was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS from Raratnigiri, was today, April 6 brought to the Armed Reserve Camp police station in Maloorkunnu, Kozhikode, officials said.
Officials were notified that the investigating team's trucks, in which Shahrukh Saifi was being brought broke down twice on the journey informed officials
Around 3.55 in the morning, the first car broke down near the boundaries of the Edakkad police station. The Edakadu police arrived at the scene and seized the car after waiting 45 minutes. Another police car was planned to complete the voyage in the interim, but even that encountered issues and was unable to start. The accused was driven to Kozhikode in a private vehicle at around 4.45 am.
Saifi was arrested on Wednesday from Ratnagiri by the Marharashtra ATS with the assistance of the National Investigation Agency on charges that he sprinkled an ignitable substance on a fellow passenger on the Alappuzha Kannur Executive Express on the night of April 2. (NIA).
Based on information from an eyewitness and a sketch released by the Kerala Police, the arrest was made. According to Maharashtra Police, the culprit has admitted to the crime. Saifi, 27, resides in Jamia Nagar's Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. According to Delhi Police, a team from Kerala Police arrived in Delhi on Wednesday and paid a visit to Saifi's house in the Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood.
Anil Kant, the DGP for Kerala, told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday that the suspect had been arrested and that additional information will come to light following a thorough interrogation of him.
Maharashtra Police said, Saifi attempted to jump off a train in Ratnagiri's Khed neighbourhood and suffered serious injuries. "He suffered severe injuries when he leaped off the train in Ratnagiri's Khed neighbourhood while riding on another train. He was discovered by some locals, who then hurried him to a hospital in Ratnagiri. After receiving information, police detained him "said Maharashtra Police.
After the April 2 incident on the Alappuzha-Kannur Express train, the alleged offender had vanished. Authorities claim that the man lit a passenger on fire after an argument.
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