KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Kochi on Friday granted the custody of Shahrukh Saifi, the sole accused in the Elathur train arson case, to the NIA.
The court decided to send him into NIA custody from May 2 to 8. Until then the court remanded him to the high-security prison at Viyyur in Thrissur, where he was lodged since the expiry of his 11-day custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police.