Kozhikode ∙ More information is out that can be thought to have been clearly planned behind the fire incident inside the train at Elathur. The investigation team got information that the accused Shahrukh Saifi had taken a ticket from Delhi to Kozhikode. However, Shah Rukh did not land in Kozhikode but landed in Shornur. It is concluded that such a move was made to mislead the investigation team even if he was caught.
The investigation team believes that the accused has received help from Shornoor. This suspicion is reinforced by the initial attempt to conceal the trip to Shornur. After getting the information about the ticket, the investigation team has assessed that the accused had left Delhi with the specific aim of carrying out the attack in Kozhikode itself.
It was not from Shahrukh’s statement that the police learned that Shahrukh had boarded the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express from Shornur. The driver of the autorickshaw in which Shahrukh was traveling to buy petrol in Shornoor saw the picture in the media and identified Shahrukh and informed the police through his friend. Shahrukh’s reply was that he did not know the name of the landing place.
Shah Rukh boarded the Kerala Samparka Kranti Express from Delhi on March 31 and got off at Shornur at 4.49 am on April 2. Went to buy petrol in the evening. He avoided the auto stand in front of the railway station and called an auto to the pump from the stand near Shornur Paruthipra Road, 500 meters away. The statement of the driver is that he bought petrol and brought it back to the same place but asked to go to the railway station.
Boarded the executive express at 7.19 pm. The investigation team did not get a clear picture of what the accused was doing in Shornoor throughout the day.
English Summary: Kozhikode train fire case investigation
