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The government also promised to ensure free medical care to the nine people who were injured in the train arson.
The suspect Shahrukh Saifi is currently under the custody of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad.
The investigation team zeroed in on Shahrukh based on the documents obtained from a bag that was left abandoned on the railway track.
A notebook has found on the railway track post the fire incident in the Kozhikode train, in which the name of the supposed owner Shahrukh Saifi and his details were written.
The police have on Monday constituted an 18-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unravel the mystery.
The suspect is still absconding and the police say he travelled from Kannur to Mangalore and then to Delhi, after committing the crime.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also begun a preliminary investigation into the fire incident .
The shocking incident which claimed three lives took place in Kozhikode on Sunday night.
The forensic team said they would only be able to provide more information on whether it was petrol the accused poured on other passengers after a chemical test.
Saif, who jumped off the train and fled after the incident, is understood to be working as a labourer in Kozhikode and the police probe team is now trying to crack the case and apprehend him by getting in touch with his contacts.
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