NEW DELHI: The NIA today took over the custody of three persons arrested in connection with the blast in a passenger train at Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh last week to ascertain their role and the group they were working for.
The probe agency had swung into action immediately after reports about the train blast came in the morning of March 7 as anti-terror squads of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh police started a probe after getting leads in the case.
Three persons Atif Muzaffar, Mohammad Danish and Syed Mir Hussain were arrested jointly by the two police forces, while Uttar Pradesh police killed Saifullah after a 12-hour-long gun-battle at Thakurhunj area of densely populated old Lucknow.
The NIA took over their custody at a special court in Bhopal for 11 days so that they could be interrogated at length, an official spokesperson said. (AGENCIES)
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