Kerala train fire: Accused admitted to hospital with jaundice

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) | The man accused of setting ablaze fellow passengers on a moving train in Kerala was found to have jaundice after a medical examination at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on Thursday. After this, after a long discussion with the doctors, ADGP MR Ajit Kumar, the head of the Special Investigation Team probing the matter, decided that 24-year-old Shahrukh Saifi should be admitted to the hospital. After being admitted, he has been kept in a special cell.

In the early hours of Wednesday, a team of Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police took Saifi into custody from Ratnagiri and later handed him over to a three-member team of Kerala Police.

Saifi was taken to Kozhikode and taken to the police camp around 5.45 am on Thursday.

Around 9 am, he was taken to the Government Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, where a team of doctors examined him.

He is expected to remain hospitalized for a few days.

–IANS