Kohikode : Noida Shafeenbaug native Sharukh Saif and prime suspect in arson aboard Alappuzha - Kannur Executive Express on Sunday night, has been fetched to Kozhikode. Sharukh(24) was nabbed from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra in a multi-agency hunt that relied heavily on sketch prepared by Kerala Police, based on a key witness account.
Sharukh will be toured to the crime scene for evidence collection. A three-member questioning team headed by Anti-Terrorist Squad DGP will interrogate the suspect at Malurikunn Police Camp in Kozhikode. DGP MRAjith Kumar, IG Neerag Kumar and Kozhikode City Police Commissioner Rajpal Meena have arrived at the camp.
Police team from Kerala had recorded evidence from Sharuk’s house in Shafeenbaug. There is no indication of terror link in the preliminary findings. However police are skeptical there exists links to the outside.
The Deadly Arson : The gruesome incident took place Sunday night close to 9.30 pm when an unidentified man emerged in D-2 bogie seemingly from the D-1 and threw petrol from a bottle on to the passengers and then setting fire before getting away. Three, including a child, who jumped out of the train died. Nine others sustained burn injuries. The first of its kind incident in State sent shockwaves across public.
