Kerala Train Fire Suspect A "Highly Radicalised" Person: Probe Team Head
NDTV
Nine people had suffered burn injuries in the train fire incident while three, including a toddler, were found dead on the tracks.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has been probing the train arson incident of Kerala that resulted in the loss of three lives, on Monday said the accused is a "highly radicalised" person who reached the state to commit the crime in a pre-planned manner.
ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar, who heads the SIT, said the accused Shahrukh Saifi used to watch radicalised videos of controversial Islamic preacher Zakeer Naik and said provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, have been invoked against him based on the scientific evidence collected.
The investigation team has invoked Section 16 of the UAPA which deals with punishment for terrorist acts.
"We went to various states and based on scientific, documentary and oral evidence collected, conducted a comprehensive probe and decided to invoke the concerned provisions of UAPA. He is highly radicalised. He saw radicalised videos of Zakeer Naik and others. He came here in a pre-planned manner to commit the crime," Mr Kumar told the media in Kozhikode.
