While details of the arrest have been kept under wraps so far, police unofficially confirmed the arrest of Noida resident Shahrukh Saif.
Updated – Wed 05 Apr 23 at 09:56am
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Trivandrum: Three days after a man set passengers ablaze on a moving train, a Kerala police special team with the help of Maharashtra police reportedly took him to bed on Wednesday, according to Kerala police. detention.
The man has been detained in Maharashtra.
While details of the arrest have been kept under wraps so far, police unofficially confirmed the arrest of Noida resident Shahrukh Saif.
According to sources, a middle-aged man sprayed petrol on passengers and set them on fire as the train was about to cross the Korapuzha bridge between Kozhikode and Kannur at around 9.30pm on Sunday.
Nine passengers with burns are being treated at a hospital in Kozhikode.
On Monday afternoon, Kerala police released photos of the suspect Saif.
Police sniffed social media accounts with the phone recovered from the side of the railway tracks, although the SIM card tray was empty and the phone was last used on March 30.
Saif is said to be working as a laborer in Kozhikode.
Incidentally, following the incident, various agencies including the National Intelligence Service, Railway Police and different departments of the Kerala State Police were prowling for the suspect, who was driving to Kansas on Sunday night. Noor’s moving train set fire to his companions.
Three passengers believed to have jumped from the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express were found dead on the tracks the same day the man was seen throwing petrol and setting it on fire. The dead included a two-year-old girl and her aunt, as well as another man.
