Kochi, Dec 18 (ANI): The first class judicial Magistrate in Aluva on Friday sent Soofiya Madani for a 14-day judicial custody.

On Thursday evening, the Kerala Police arrested Soofiya wife of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Abdul Naseer Maudany after the rejection of her anticipatory bail plea by the Kerala High Court.

Soofiya was produced in the Aluva court after a day of thorough interrogation by various security agencies.

Soofiya was named as the tenth accused in the bus-burning case, where a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus was set afire in September 2005 allegedly to pressure the government to release Madani who was imprisoned in the Coimbatore Central Jail in connection with the 1998 serial bomb blasts and attempt to assassinate former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.

Dismissing her bail petition, Justice K.T. Sankaran had observed that serious allegations, including waging of war against the government, were levelled against the petitioner.

“There is prima facie evidence to indicate that terrorist activities took place and the incident in the present case was the result of such terrorist activities,” the court had observed.

Earlier, Kerala police had traced a link between Soofiya and T Nazir.

In first week of December, Nazeer was arrested along with his associate by the Indian security agencies on the India - Bangladesh border.

Nazeer is now being questioned by Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka police in connection with different terror-related cases, including the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blast.

Based on the statement of T Nazir, Soofiya has been named by Kerala police as an accused in the burning of a Tamil Nadu corporation bus. (ANI)

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