Kerala train fire incident updates: In a significant improvement to the Kerala train fire incident, a joint staff of Central Intelligence and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Maharashtra nabbed the absconding suspect from Ratnagiri district on Wednesday. According to Ratnagiri police, the suspect has been recognized as Shahrukh Saifi.
Speaking to the media, an official of Maharashtra knowledgeable {that a} staff of Kerala police has reached Ratnagiri and the accused was handed over to the Special Investigative Team (SIT).
Earlier on Tuesday, the Alappuzha-Kannur government train was halted on the Kannur Railway station, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) inspected the train coaches.
What was the incident?
On April 3, at the least three folks have been killed and a number of other others sustained burn accidents after an unidentified particular person splashed an inflammable substance contained in the compartment of a transferring train and set it ablaze.
According to experiences, the suspect had poured petrol on a passenger and set a fire contained in the D1 compartment of the Alappuzha-Kannur Main Executive Express train close to Elathur in Kozhikode district. One of the injured individuals had knowledgeable that an unidentified assailant splashed an inflammable substance, seemingly petrol or kerosene, and set the train on fire.
The our bodies of a lady, an toddler, and a person, who went lacking from the train after the fire, have been recovered from the tracks close to the Elathur railway station, late on Sunday night time. Police imagine they fell off the train or tried to get down after seeing the fire.
The Suspect’s sketch was ready
Following the incident, Kerala Police had ready a sketch of the suspect. The drawing was ready on the Elathoor police station in Kozhikode with the assistance of Razak, an important witness within the case.
Meanwhile, the suspect’s father claimed his son was at house for the previous two months and had not gone to Kerala. He works as a carpenter within the district and has studied until class tenth, the suspect’s father added.
