Accused Shahrukh Saifi, has recently filed an application before the Special NIA Court at Kochi seeking permission to speak with his lawyer without the presence of the agency officials in connection with the Elathur train attack case.
In the application, he made some serious allegations against the NIA stating, “My relatives and friends were interrogated for days without notice. My friend’s father committed suicide due to NIA torture. They are threatening my relatives saying that if they do not accept what they say, they will be arraigned as accused in this case.”
Earlier the Special NIA Court sent him to judicial custody till May 27.
Saifi, (27), a native of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, who got arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police & Central Intelligence after the case of train arson attack.
Moreover, At the time of interrogation by a special investigation team (SIT) Saifi provided contradictory statements in which he initially said that he was being used by someone and later back off stating that everything was planned and executed by him only.
On April 2, Saifi set out some passengers on fire on board the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express at Elathur, Kozhikode, after spraying them with an inflammable liquid. Three of the passengers lost their lives while trying to jump out of the train to escape the fire.
Later, Saifi got arrested from Ratnagiri.
