00:01UAPA has been invoked against Ebin Paul, who was caught on CCTV attacking a synagogue in Kerala.
00:08The state of Kerala was shocked with this case that had come about about this young man,
00:12who clearly threw what looked like an infimile substance, and that led to clearly an attack at the synagogue.
00:19Ebin Paul has been invoked in two more arson cases.
00:24A nursery arson probe uncovered more fire attacks.
00:27Now we are told that he has had certain past criminal background as well,
00:31and he allegedly targeted the house twice.
00:36The Intelligence Bureau, the NIA, have collected details in the arson case.
00:41Synthetic drugs allegedly seized from the accused residents.
00:45Joining me now, my colleague Shibimol KG for the latest on that.
00:49Shibimol, now this is one state that took a lot of pride when it came to diversity, inclusivity, all of
00:54that and more.
00:55In this case, what happened? Any reason of why he would attack a synagogue?
01:00And I believe we haven't heard of a case like this before.
01:04Well, you know, that is what the police is focusing mainly on as part of investigation as to what was
01:11the motive behind this.
01:12Because they have, you know, concrete evidence to prove that he is the one behind it.
01:16Because there is a proper CCTV visual showing how he comes there and, you know, how he slowly sets the
01:22place on fire.
01:23And he also, they also recovered charge from his phone with someone who was ordering him to do all of
01:29this.
01:30So, the focus right now is on finding who is the person giving these orders.
01:34Because it's not the first time. There were a few incidents before also like this.
01:37The police never thought there was an angle like this to those incidents.
01:42Only after this incident, after this accused and Edwin was snapped, the police understood that there was a similar model
01:48to Brandi that was operating behind this.
01:50And on questioning, they understood that he was behind those same cases also.
01:54So, he's been following somebody's orders. The chat, the financial records recovered also shows that.
02:00So, who's this person giving the orders? What is the network behind it is what the police is currently focusing.
02:07And that's why the, you know, relevant UAP charges are now being over.
02:10Keep tracking, Shibimol, on this case because I also would like to understand in the days to come, was this
02:15a lone fox case or is there a huge nexus?
02:18There's a reason, ladies and gentlemen, that the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act has been invoked in this case.
02:23It's primarily an anti-terror law, national security law, so why this one?
02:27There's a reason and a timeline for that and I want to take you through that and shocking has come
02:31from a state like Kerala.
02:33UAPA has been put against accused Edwin Paul.
02:36This is very significant because intelligence agencies have had inputs about sort of an escalation in terror recruits from the
02:45state of Kerala.
02:45But this one for now appears different.
02:48Two more arson cases have been registered against Edwin Paul.
02:51There have been previous cases as well of arson attacks that have been now that have come to surface against
02:56him.
02:57But why is this so significant?
02:58What we are looking at is the behaviour that Edwin Paul showed.
03:01The accused has been linked to the arson incident.
03:03There was a previous nursery case that was also being investigated where his name had cropped up.
03:08Used car showroom arson that was investigated in which his name has come.
03:14So multiple attacks in which his name had come form.
03:17But this one caught the attention of the police officials.
03:21Arson videos were sent to unknown handlers.
03:24So he did what he did at the synagogue and in the previous cases.
03:28And he was sharing those videos with what appears to be a handler via telegram.
03:33Telegram is an encrypted application.
03:35So for security reasons he was possibly using that.
03:38And that is why the NI, the intelligence bureau and the police want to investigate if there are terror links
03:43that are also under probe.
03:45They are going to look at all angles here in this case.
03:48And that raises a wider question.
03:50Why would Edwin Paul target a synagogue?
03:53What was the reason?
03:55The SIT has said Amit searched for Lawrence Bishnoyi as well.
03:59So that's possibly the internet history.
04:01Again, that is being linked to, did he want to join a certain gang or a certain terror network?
04:06And was he doing this to get publicity and fame for that?
04:10SIT probe is expanding to Pune as well.
04:13Other cities of course will include.
04:14And in cases like this, usually the lead may take the police officials to other states as well.
04:20The NI, the National Investigation Agency that takes care of the terror aspects here.
04:25The intelligence bureau, collecting details on this case as well.
04:29Remember this cannot be only considered as a simple case.
04:32According to the investigators, synthetic drugs were also seized from his house.
04:35So was this really just about him?
04:38Angry, agitated or any other reason?
04:40Or was he clearly tasked to do this and why?
04:44Thankfully he's been nabbed in time.
04:46Was he planning other attacks as well?
04:48Oh, no.
04:48I'm sure it's fine.
04:48I'll talk to you.
04:48I love the police now.
04:48And I love it.
