Kerala tain arson's accused, Shahrukh Saifi's diary, was recovered by the police from the luggage. The Kerala police said that Saifi was radicalised and there were mentions of 'infidels' or 'kaafirs' in his diary, according to TV reports.
The reports stated that Saifi changed his lifestyle nearly a year ago. It also stated that the resident of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi had never been to Kerala. His family also had no idea why he was in the southern state.
Saifi has been taken for a medical examination, and an FIR has been filed against him.
He has been accused of throwing petrol on his co-passengers on Alapuzzha-Kannur Express.
Saifi taken to Kerala from Maharashtra
Saifi was first taken to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital for the customary medical check up, but so far he has not been taken in and there are reports that the medical examination might happen in a different state-run hospital before being produced at a court in Kozhikode.
According to the pictures that have come out, his face is bruised and it is understood that he suffered burn injuries when he threw petrol on co-passengers and lit them up.
All eyes are on the charges which the Kerala Police are going to put. It remains to be seen if the probe will be handed over to the NIA.
Saifi confessed to the crime
According to sources, Saifi is understood to have confessed to the police that he did this crime based on the instigation of someone else. Earlier, his father had admitted that his son had gone missing and he had registered a complaint at the local police station in Saheen Bagh in Delhi.
Saifi also admitted that it was his first visit to Kerala and on Sunday night he travelled on the same train after he set co-passengers on fire, which left three dead and nine injured.
After reaching Kannur he hid himself away from the public glare at the Kannur railway station itself and boarded another train on Monday night to Ratnagiri.
It was from there that he was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday by the Maharashtra Police after receiving inputs from Central agencies.
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