With the Kerala police invoking the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Kerala train arson incident, the National Investigation Agency took over the case on Tuesday.
According to sources, the NIA took over the case mainly because the accused Shahrukh Saifi hailed from Delhi and the involvement of any extremist outfits in the incident need to be probed.
With the union home ministry issuing a notification for taking over the case, the NIA Kochi unit filed a fresh FIR. The accused, who was in custody of Kerala police, was produced before court and shifted to prison. NIA may seek his custody later.
