The fresh fire incident in the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express comes two months after a man named Sharukh Saifi was held from Ratnagiri Railway Station of Maharashtra for setting on fire a co-passenger on the same train.
According to an official order, although Vijayan was not part of the team probing the train fire case, he was in touch with the police team that brought Saifi to Kerala.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is all set to take over the investigation in the Kerala train arson case and this comes close on the heels of the Kerala police invoking the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the case.