KOZHIKODE: It has been criticized for bringing the accused in the train fire case to Kerala without adequate security. Only three cops accompanied the accused Shahrukh Saifi. The vehicle in which they were travelling broke down on the way to Kozhikode and they had to change two cars and reached the district around 6 am.

The accused Saifi was taken to Maloorkunnu police camp. A report will be made after questioning him in detail. A meet led by ADGP was convened to discuss about his interrogation.

Shahrukh's statement to Maharashtra ATS and RPF said that he reached here without taking a ticket in the general compartment from Delhi to Kozhikode. After that he got down at a station in Kerala and bought three bottles of petrol from a nearby petrol pump. Then he reached the railway station and boarded a train there and set fire to it by dousing petrol. The act was committed on someone's advice. He said that one accompanied him and that he got down in Mumbai. After the attack, Saifi shifted to another compartment and reached Kannur in the same train. He then boarded another train to Ratnagiri. He told police that he sustained injuries in a fall from the train.

The locals took him to a primary hospital there. He fled from an ambulance while he was being taken to another hospital from here after attacking the staff. He then escaped by hanging on the back of a tanker. Shahrukh testified that he was caught by the RTS after this.