The three convicts in the Kalamassery bus torching case in Kerala, Thadiyantavide Nazeer, Sabir Buhari and Thajudin, were punished for a jail term of over 35 years on nine counts.
The prosecution case was that the accused had set on fire a bus of the Tamil Nadu government, which was operating between Ernakulam and Salem, seeking support of their demand for releasing Abdul Nazar Maudany, the Chairman People’s Democratic Party, who was detained in Coimbatore Jail during 2005.
It was further alleged that the accused had assembled on September 8, 2005 at Aluva Masjid and chalked out their plan, at the instance and instigation of the accused Majid Parambai and Soofia, wife of Mr. Maudani, to set the bus on fire. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had charge-sheeted 13 persons in this case in 2010.
