Kerala train blaze: Accused Shahrukh Saifi sent to 11 days police custody

The prime suspect in the Kerala train fire case, which claimed three lives, was on Friday first sent to 14-day judicial custody and hours later, produced at a local court in Kozhikode where the police probe team was granted his custody for 11 days. Accused of setting fellow passengers ablaze on a moving train, Shahrukh Saifi, 24, was, since Thursday morning, undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College hospital. He was hospitalised after being taken into custody from Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri as he had suffered injuries and his bilirubin levels were high. On Thursday, after the medical examination tests revealed that he had suspected jaundice, he was admitted to the hospital and on Friday morning, a local magistrate arrived at the hospital and decided to send Saifi to judicial custody.