Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a Bangladeshi man for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra residence three days again throughout a prima facie housebreaking bid and interrogating him to unravel “worldwide conspiracy”, if any.
The preliminary investigation means that the person was unaware that he had entered a Bollywood star’s home and his intention was theft, a senior police official advised reporters.
A courtroom remanded the accused, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30), in five-day police custody after observing that the police’s competition of a world conspiracy can’t be dominated out.
The breakthrough got here within the early morning hours when police traced Shehzad to a labour camp in a forested space in Thane based mostly on the knowledge supplied by a labour contractor.
A number of groups of the police and the crime department labored on a number of inputs and analysed footage from a number of CCTV cameras within the final three days to trace down Khan’s attacker.
The probe noticed police choosing up two lookalikes of a suspect captured in a CCTV seize of Khan’s constructing within the final two days for questioning.
The accused, later recognized as Shehzad, was seen outdoors Dadar railway station thrice from the place he went to Worli Koliwada, the police officer mentioned citing the investigation.
“The police examined tons of of CCTV footage and discovered that the attacker had visited a labour contractor within the space,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the labour contractor gave the police particulars concerning the attacker, and based mostly on his course, the police traced him to a labour camp in a forested space in Thane round 2:30-Three AM.
Shehzad was nabbed at Hiranandani Property on Ghodbandar Street.
The police officer mentioned Shehzad had modified his title to Vijay Das after coming into India illegally from Bangladesh.
Police advised the courtroom that the accused was a Bangladeshi nationwide and so they wanted to search out the true motive behind attacking the actor.
Police additionally advised the courtroom they wanted to search out out if there was a world conspiracy linked to the case.
Accepting the police’s competition after perusing paperwork on report, the courtroom mentioned the prosecution’s submission of worldwide conspiracy “can’t be mentioned to be not possible”.
Nevertheless, defence lawyer Sandeep D Sherkhane contended his consumer was residing within the nation for a number of years and has very important paperwork (for staying within the nation) and that his household can be residing in India.
The case has been hyped due to the presence of actor Saif Ali Khan, the defence lawyer additional submitted.
As per the preliminary probe, Shehzad sneaked into the Bollywood star’s condo, within the Satguru Sharan constructing in Bandra, within the early hours of January 16 with the intention of theft, police had mentioned.
Khan (54) was stabbed a number of instances within the assault, after which he underwent a five-hour surgical procedure at close by Lilavati Hospital.
Preliminary investigation means that Shehzad climbed the steps to the seventh-eighth ground of the constructing the place Khan and his actor spouse Kareena Kapoor dwell with their kids and home workers.
“He entered the duct space, climbed to the 12th ground utilizing a pipe and entered the actor’s flat by a rest room window. He then got here out from the lavatory, the place the actor’s workers noticed him, resulting in the chain of occasions that culminated into the knife assault,” the official mentioned.
He mentioned the accused began arguing with a nanny in Khan’s home and demanded Rs 1 crore. Listening to the ruckus, Khan arrived on the spot and held the attacker from the entrance.
“The accused was startled and stabbed Khan in his again. Khan later locked the flat believing the accused was pinned inside. Nevertheless, he managed to flee from the identical space from the place he had entered,” the official mentioned.
He mentioned police recovered a hammer, screwdriver, nylon rope and different supplies from his bag, which suggests he could have legal antecedents.
The accused realised that he had attacked a Bollywood star solely after seeing tv information and social media posts, the official mentioned.
After fleeing Khan’s flat, Shehzad slept at a bus cease in Bandra until 7 AM earlier than boarding a practice.
“He slept at a bus cease close to Patwardhan Backyard in Bandra (West) until 7 AM on January 16 after the incident. Later he boarded a practice and reached Worli (in central Mumbai),” the official mentioned.
In the meantime, one other official claimed Shehzad acquired time to flee as a detection personnel from Bandra police station took the CCTV digital video recorder (DVR) of Khan’s constructing, and these weren’t shared with the Mumbai Crime Department.
Police mentioned Shehzad hails from Jhalokathi district, additionally known as Jhalakathi, in southern Bangladesh. He has been staying in Mumbai and adjoining areas for the previous 5 months doing petty jobs, together with at a housekeeping company.
Shehzad has been charged beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 311 (theft or dacoity with the intent to trigger grievous damage or dying), 331(4) (house-breaking) and different offences in addition to provisions of the Passport Act, the official mentioned.
An in depth probe has begun into how he managed to enter the nation illegally, the type of paperwork he possesses and the way he obtained them, the official mentioned.
In the meantime, actor Soha Ali Khan mentioned on Sunday that her brother Saif Ali Khan is “recovering effectively” from the accidents.
“We’re very very blissful that he’s recovering effectively. We’re grateful, we really feel blessed and grateful that it wasn’t any worse. Thanks for all of your needs,” Soha advised reporters on the sidelines of an occasion right here.
