Accused was upset with his Khoja Shia community: Cops
MUMBAI, June 30 -- A day after 39-year-old Fayyaz Premji allegedly told police he wanted to "take revenge on the world" after his wife separated from him two years ago and he came to believe the world had conspired against him, investigators on Monday said they had uncovered another possible motive behind the alleged mass poisoning attempt, a long-standing grudge against his own community.
According to the Byculla police, Premji had unsuccessfully contested elections to the Khoja Shia Isna Ashari Jamaat and had since nurtured resentment against the community and its leaders. Investigators said he believed the community had wronged his grandfather and later victimised him as well. Police claimed he frequently clashed with the community's leaders and wanted to target them. Meanwhile, the Khoja Shia Isna Ashari Jamaat, Pune, has debarred Premji from the community, describing his actions as anti-social and inhumane. When Premji was produced before the Mazgaon Metropolitan Court on Monday, the court remanded him to police custody till July 4.
Premji was arrested in the early hours of Saturday for allegedly distributing capsules laced with the rodenticide Zinc Phosphide during the Muharram procession in Byculla on Friday night. "We are interrogating him to ascertain where he procured the Zinc Phosphide. He purchased the rodenticide online and teams have been sent outside Maharashtra to identify the seller. We are yet to recover all the empty capsules that he had ordered online," a police officer told the Mazgaon Metropolitan Court.
Police also informed the court that Premji had travelled to Iran and Iraq and needed to be questioned about his visits abroad.
"We want to ascertain whether there is any terror angle, especially since the accused has travelled overseas. At least seven days' police custody is required for detailed interrogation," the officer said....
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