The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that the rogue elephant, Arikomban , which had been wreaking havoc in human settlements in Chinnakkanal and Santhanpara Panchayaths in the Idukki District,.
According to the officials, the man set fire to a passenger allegedly after an argument on board the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train near Elathur in Kozhikode district on Sunday night. The suspect, who is yet to be identified, escaped after passengers pulled the emergency chain.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has visited Kerala's Kozhikode where three persons were killed and several others sustained burn injuries after an unidentified person splashed an inflammable substance inside the compartment of a moving train and set it ablaze, sources said.
The Kerala Civil Defence is a group of trained volunteers who step in to help the state’s Department of Fire and Rescue Services, simply out of social commitment.