Kozhikode train fire: NIA takes suspect to gather evidence
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Thiruvananthapuram: The NIA on Saturday took the accused out for evidence gathering for the first time since taking over the case of a Delhi youth setting passengers on fire on a train headed to Kannur.
The culprit was brought to a Shornur petrol station and the train station, where he boarded the train and then committed the crime after the train left Kozhikode station.
The incident took place on April 2 when the train bound for Kannur left Kozhikode. Shahrukh Saifi, the 27-year-old Delhi resident, set a few passengers ablaze by dousing them with petrol in the moving train.
He later travelled on the same train to Kannur and after a few hours boarded a train from there and got down at Ratnagiri in Maharastra.
Three passengers who witnessed the incident jumped out of the moving train in fear and died, while nine others suffered burn injuries.
With inputs from IANS