The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Wednesday reached Bhopal for investigating the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train explosion that took place on Tuesday. The team visited the scene of crime and inspected the bogie of the train where the blast had occurred.
Meanwhile, the arrested three accused were produced in a district court and police remand was granted till March 23.
On reaching Bhopal, the NIA officials discussed different aspects of the case with senior officials in Madhya Pradesh and then left for the spot where the train accident had taken place. The officials also inspected the bogie in which the blast had taken place.
Meanwhile, the case registered with the Government Railway Police (GRP) has been transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
Police sources said that during preliminary investigation, it has come to fore that the miscreants had come to Bhopal by Pushpak Express and they had earlier planned to plant the bomb in the same train, but finding some of their relatives in the train, they did not carry out the plan.
Regarding one of the three accused, Danish, it has been found that around one and a half year ago he had come to Bhopal and stayed for around six months.