Crucial lead that led to Saif’s attacker arrest: UPI payment for paratha, water bottle

“After searching there, the constabulary squad had astir near the spot erstwhile they decided to cheque erstwhile more. As they looked again, the airy from 1 of the torches indicated idiosyncratic sleeping connected the ground. As an serviceman moved closer, the idiosyncratic got up and started running. He was soon caught and overpowered,” the sources said.

Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, the premier accused successful the Saif Ali Khan onslaught lawsuit being taken to Bandra tribunal from Khar Police presumption connected Sunday. (Express Photo: Ganesh Shirshekar)

“During archetypal questioning, the accused told america that aft helium saw his images being flashed connected TV and YouTube, helium got frightened and fled to Thane arsenic helium had worked successful a barroom determination and knew the area,” they said.

Earlier, the constabulary started closing successful connected the fishy aft tracking CCTV footage astatine the Bandra railway presumption and tracing him to a store extracurricular the Dadar presumption from wherever helium bought a mobile cover. “But helium made a currency outgo here. After that, helium moved to Kabutarkhana and past to Worli,” sources said.

As the constabulary started scanning footage successful the Worli area, they recovered the fishy lingering for a portion astatine a stall adjacent Century Mill. “In the footage, helium was seen chatting doubly with the idiosyncratic moving the stall,” sources said. Crime Branch teams were soon deployed and they recovered that the antheral moving the stall, Naveen Ekka, was staying adjacent Koliwada. “On the suspicion that the accused was a person of Ekka, 7 constabulary teams searched the Worli-Koliwada country connected Saturday, showing pictures of the accused to vendors,” sources said.

According to investigators, the constabulary traced Ekka’s code to a location of the Jaihind Mitra Mandal successful Janata Colony wherever helium was staying on with 4 oregon 5 different workers. But erstwhile they reached the spot, the location was locked, they said. The constabulary past contacted the landlord Rajnarajayan Prajapati. “The constabulary got Ekka’s mobile fig done Prajapati’s lad Vinod. They besides showed Vinod a photograph of the suspect. He confirmed that Ekka was a tenant but helium could not place the accused,” sources said.

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

Soon, Ekka was tracked down, and helium told the constabulary that the fishy had made a UPI outgo for paratha and the h2o bottle. “The constabulary got the mobile fig of the accused done america arsenic helium had paid the wealth done G Pay,” Vinod told The Indian Express.

The mobile fig was a cardinal turning constituent arsenic it led the constabulary to the labour campy astatine Kasarvadavali successful Thane, and a contractor named Amit Pandey who had hired the accused a fewer months earlier. “Nearly 20 teams arrived astatine the determination and began searching for the suspect. But helium had fled the spot and turned disconnected his mobile telephone astir 10 p.m. Saturday,” sources said.

That was erstwhile the hunt expanded to see the mangroves adjacent the campy – and ended with that torch airy shone by a subordinate of the squad led by DCP Navnath Dhawale.