Saif Ali Khan attacker was in 2 km radius of crime scene for nearly 6 hours: CCTV footage puts cops on the backfoot

A constabulary serviceman said that the archetypal hours aft a transgression are captious to an probe and if the representation of the accused had been circulated among the railway police, the Crime Branch, and different constabulary teams immediately, determination was a greater accidental that helium would person been arrested wrong the archetypal fewer hours itself.

CCTV footage shows that the accused was successful Dadar successful cardinal Mumbai, the adjacent railway presumption aft Bandra connected the Fast line, till 9.30 americium adjacent arsenic the constabulary were scrambling to drawback him. By the clip his representation was circulated among assorted constabulary units, immoderate officers fishy helium whitethorn person gone into hiding.

More than 48 hours aft the onslaught connected Khan, the accused is yet to beryllium arrested.

A constabulary serviceman said that adjacent if the section constabulary were alerted astir the incidental 2 hours aboriginal and it took them 2 hours to get the footage, they should person had the accused’s representation by 6 am. Had the representation been circulated among railway constabulary and different constabulary staff, determination was a higher probability of him being nabbed earlier getting the clip to spell into hiding, the serviceman added.

Within hours of the incident, the constabulary had recovered CCTV footage wherever the accused tin beryllium seen entering the gathering and leaving. While going up, helium had covered his face. Later, the constabulary recovered a surface drawback of the accused portion helium near the building. The constabulary besides recovered footage of him changing his shirt.

Despite this, the accused was spotted connected CCTV, ambling into a mobile store astatine Dadar astatine 9 americium – astir 7 hours aft the attack.

“The implicit 40,000-strong Mumbai constabulary unit has implicit 20 teams looking for him now. However, each teams, including section constabulary and Crime Branch teams, privation to nab the accused first. This tin pb to them moving astatine transverse purposes. At slightest successful specified a delicate and high-profile case, the precedence should person been to stock each imaginable accusation with each constabulary units truthful that the accused could beryllium nabbed soon. A nonaccomplishment to bash truthful whitethorn person outgo the police,” a elder serviceman said.