Bangladesh national held for attack on Saif Ali Khan: Mumbai Police

According to officials, the accused, primitively Mohammad Shariful Islam from Bangladesh, changed his sanction to Vijay Das aft entering India. He came to Mumbai astir six months backmost and was moving astatine a edifice successful Thane, but helium near that occupation astir a fortnight backmost and was looking for work, said sources.

Gedam said the accused doesn’t person immoderate anterior transgression grounds and was not alert that helium was breaking into Khan’s residence. Police sources said the accused is suspected to person entered the location to perpetrate robbery, but panicked aft a confrontation with Khan and escaped without stealing anything.

The accused was nabbed astatine astir 2 americium connected Sunday, and formally arrested successful the afternoon, constabulary said. He was produced earlier a Mumbai court, which sent him to constabulary custody for 5 days.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Dixit Gedam addressing the media successful Mumbai. (Express photograph by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

According to constabulary sources, the breakthrough successful the lawsuit came from CCTV footage – the accused was purportedly seen buying a cellphone screen from a store successful Dadar, and immoderate nutrient from a stall successful Worli wherever helium made an online payment, pursuing which his cellphone fig was traced.

The cellphone fig was past tracked, starring the constabulary to a labour campy astatine Thane. The contractor who had hired him a fewer months backmost was identified and questioned.

A manhunt was launched for the accused successful Thane country connected Saturday, with astir 20 teams with implicit 100 constabulary personnel, including from the Crime Branch, being deployed. With the accused switching disconnected his cellphone astatine astir 10 p.m. connected Saturday, the constabulary teams started knocking connected each door, but failed to way him.

Saif Ali Khan Attack case: The attacker, identified arsenic Mohammad Islam, was arrested from Thane.

As the hunt widened, a squad led by DCP Navnath Dhawale reportedly spotted the accused hiding successful the mangroves adjacent the campy successful Thane. He was nabbed and aboriginal placed nether arrest.

Prior to this arrest, a 31-year-old antheral was detained from a bid successful Durg, Chhattisgarh, arsenic a “suspect” connected Saturday. On Friday, different antheral was detained by the constabulary successful Bandra and released aft questioning.

Khan was earnestly injured successful the break-in astatine his duplex residence connected Thursday morning, betwixt 2 americium and 2.30 am, aft helium was stabbed aggregate times during a scuffle with the intruder. The histrion was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital, wherever helium underwent surgery. Doctors person said helium is unchangeable and retired of danger.