Actor Saif Ali Khan has returned dwelling in good well being, however the case and thriller surrounding the incident have grown extra advanced. Saif was reportedly stabbed by a burglar who allegedly entered his dwelling by way of the vents. Nevertheless, following a number of studies, political leaders have now begun questioning the police’s dealing with of the arrest. Father of the arrested accused have additionally cried foul.
Congress Questions Mumbai Police
“The assault on Saif Ali Khan, it has been acknowledged that the particular person proven within the CCTV footage and the one who has been arrested are totally different. They’ve carried out investigations from varied angles, and primarily based on that, this report has been filed.. The police must make clear this instantly. That is vital as a result of even in Mumbai’s supposedly secure areas, if actors aren’t secure, then it won’t take lengthy for the Bollywood trade to depart Mumbai, which is able to hurt Maharashtra…” stated Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole.
Accused’s Father Cries Foul
In a 12-minute interview, Shariful’s father Mohammad Ruhul advised PTI over the telephone from Bangaldesh that his son didn’t have correct documentation for his keep in India and he lived in fixed concern of being arrested. He alleged that the person seen within the CCTV digital camera footage was not Shariful and added that his son was being framed. “I’ll get in contact with the Bangaldeshi international ministry and in addition search assist from the Indian Excessive Fee in Dhaka for the discharge of my son,” Ruhul stated. He claimed that he realized about his son’s arrest by way of Fb and information channels and added he had not been contacted by police on this connection.
“The police haven’t stated something to us,” Ruhul stated. He stated Shariful entered India between the final week of March and the primary week of April final 12 months. Ruhul claimed that his son was not concerned within the stabbing incident, saying it could not have been doable for Shariful to enter the house of a star of Khan’s stature and commit such against the law.
“Within the video footage we noticed, the person (within the footage) has hair until the eyebrows. My son does not put on his hair like that. He’s 30 years previous and has by no means stored his hair this lengthy, not at the same time as a youngster,” Ruhul stated. India is a big nation, it’s fairly doable that one particular person would bear some resemblance to a different particular person, he stated. “However the CCTV digital camera pictures that I noticed of the (accused) particular person don’t match my son.” He additionally alleged that his son was being framed by a “third get together”. “There could be a conspiracy.”
Ruhul, a neighborhood chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP), labored on the Folks’s Jute Mill, stated Shariful used to work at a resort in Mumbai and despatched a portion of the wage he acquired on the “10th, 11th, 12th” of each month.
Police On Facial Evaluation
Mumbai police acknowledged that forensic evaluation has confirmed Fakir’s involvement within the crime, as fingerprints discovered at varied areas contained in the actor’s house matched his. Nevertheless, whereas requesting an extension of Fakir’s custody, the police knowledgeable the court docket that they nonetheless must conduct a facial recognition check to confirm if he’s the person captured on CCTV footage. Moreover, the police want to match the suspect’s footprints with these discovered on the crime scene and get better each the sneakers Fakir was carrying throughout the incident and the lacking portion of the knife used within the assault.
Accused’s Custody Prolonged
Police on Friday advised a Mumbai court docket that they wanted to conduct a facial recognition check of the Bangladeshi man arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan to establish that he was the one within the CCTV footage. The court docket prolonged the police custody of Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30) until January 29, whereas defence legal professionals questioned the actor’s model of the incident, asking why he didn’t name the police instantly.
Shariful was arrested on January 19 for allegedly breaking into Saif Ali Khan’s 12th flooring flat in Bandra for theft three days earlier, and stabbing the actor a number of occasions when confronted. The police on Friday sought his additional custody, claiming that whereas substantial progress had been made within the probe, extra interrogation was required to analyze sure essential elements. Public prosecutors advised the court docket that facial recognition check of the accused was wanted to be accomplished at a Forensic Science Laboratory to establish that he was the identical particular person seen within the CCTV footage recovered from the staircase of Khan’s constructing. (With companies inputs)
