In the newest growth, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will take over the Kerala practice hearth tragedy case, officers stated on Sunday.

A senior official stated that it was a transparent case of terror however why he chosen Kerala and his motives had been nonetheless unclear.

According to the official, on Sunday, he was interrogated on the medical faculty hospital in Kozhikode whereas being examined by a crew of docs, the place he was introduced after the arrest.

“The NIA officials camping in Kozhikode submitted a detailed report to the Union home ministry. It is a clear case of terror involving many states. We will invoke the UAPA (Unlawful atrocities prevention act) soon. We are sure he was sent to the state by his handlers and he got enough local help also,” stated one other official near the NIA.

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“There was enough planning and conspiracy behind the crime and it was not a single-man mission as confessed by the accused,” stated the official.

Three individuals, together with a minor woman, had been killed and 9 others acquired burn accidents after the accused poured petrol on fellow passengers and allegedly set them afire on a Kannur-bound specific practice in Kerala final Sunday night time.

The accused, recognized as one Sharukh Saifi, who additionally suffered burn accidents, was slapped with homicide fees on Friday below Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by a district session court docket in Kozhikode. He was charged with homicide in a case filed by the railway police.

Saifi, 27, a local of Shaheenbagh in Delhi, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police and Central Intelligence on Wednesday and was delivered to Kozhikode on Thursday the place he’s receiving remedy for the accidents.

At the time of interrogation by a particular investigation crew (SIT) Saifi supplied contradictory statements during which initially, he stated he was being utilized by somebody and later retracted saying, every part was deliberate and executed by him solely.

Meanwhile, the SIT has recognized the petrol pump in Shornor (Palakkad) from the place he purchased 4 litres of petrol in two bottles.

According to SIT officers, Saifi got here to Shornur on the morning of the day of the assault on April 2 the place he spent greater than 12 hours. In Shornur, officers stated he additionally bought a freshly-cooked meal which they present in his deserted bag and this can want extra investigation which might result in others.

He additionally denied any position within the dying of three individuals whose our bodies had been recovered from the tracks after the hearth. It was not clear whether or not they had been pushed out of the rushing practice or they jumped off after the commotion over the hearth, SIT officers stated.

CCTV footage recovered from the petrol pump confirmed he got here on an auto-rickshaw to acquire petrol which was one km away from the station to keep away from suspicion, officers stated.

SIT officers additionally suspect that he might have gotten native assist in executing the crime as they discovered two cell telephones in his bag which he used to make a name three days earlier than the hearth incident on March 30. Similarly, his checking account particulars additionally level to a bigger conspiracy, officers stated.

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SIT officers additionally really feel that he was not alone on the practice and a few handlers had been monitoring his actions. His escape from the spot and later how he boarded one other practice from Kannur dodging police should be probed, stated officers.

Upon interrogation, Saifi reportedly informed the SIT that he jumped off the shifting practice after the hearth however saved his bag close to the door which he deliberate to return again and choose it however after the commotion, the bag fell off and it turned a breakthrough resulting in his arrest after it was discovered by the police.

Following the incident, Delhi police and SIT additionally questioned Saifi’s mother and father, relations and mates. However, his members of the family claimed that Saifi has been lacking from residence since March 30.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised the state’s delay in handing over the case to the NIA. “People can make out easily that it is a case of terror that needs investigation in many states. We have no idea why the state is delaying to handover the case to central agencies,” stated occasion state president Ok Surendran.