The Khordha District and Sessions Court here on Wednesday sent Ramachandran Subhash, the prime accused in the Puri train burning case, to judicial custody tillDecember 28.
Subhash was produced at the court amid tight security. He had been brought to the Jharpada Special Jail on Tuesday from the Puri jail after the Puri Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court transferred the serial train fire case to the Khordha District and Sessions Court last week.
Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) who took over the case from Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) produced the Tamil Nadu man in the court.
Sources said the investigating agency did not seek a fresh remand of the accused. The accused was subjected to interrogation for several times by State police, Intelligence, GRP and RPF sleuths of Haridwar and Kharghpur and also NIA officials during his remand on several occasions.
On December 7, the GRP officers and NIA officials had conducted a polygraph test on Subhash after he reportedly kept changing his statements. Meanwhile, the NIA team has started their probe at its transit office at the Puri Circuit House.