Bengal man held for setting fire to train coach, cops say no terror

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Kerala police on Friday arrested a man from West Bengal for allegedly setting on fire a coach of Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train parked at Kannur railway station yard in the early hours of Thursday...

Police identified the arrested suspect as Prosenjit Sikdar, 37, and said he begged to earn a living and had allegedly set the train coach on fire due to frustration after not getting any money in the last couple of days...

North Zone Inspector General Neeraj Kumar Gupta told the media in Kannur that as of now the probe has not come across any terror motive or security aspect but the investigation will cover all angles..

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