A 27-year-old carpenter, Shahrukh Saifi, a resident of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, has been arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in connection with an arson attack that occurred inside a coach of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express at 9.30 pm at Kozhikode in Kerala on Sunday. On Wednesday morning, the ATS handed him over to the Kerala police. The ATS has not ruled out a terror angle in the incident.

“The accused was apprehended from Ratnagiri railway station where he was sleeping and was later handed over to the Kerala police,” said DIG Mahesh Patil, Maharashtra ATS Saifi reportedly splashed inflammable liquid on several passengers and set them on fire. Three people, including a child, were killed when they jumped out of the moving train, while nine others suffered burns.