Saif Attacker Gets 5-Day Police Custody, Tells Court He’s Being Framed

A Mumbai courtroom at the moment granted the town police five-day custody of Shariful Islam Shehzad, who has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the house of actor Saif Ali Khan and injuring him and his employees throughout a housebreaking try late on Wednesday evening.

The accused, a Bangladeshi nationwide, was arrested early this morning after police tracked him all the way down to Thane. Shariful, police have stated, crossed into India illegally and had been dwelling in Mumbai for the previous few months beneath the false title of Bijoy Das.

Hours after his arrest, he was produced in courtroom. Police advised the courtroom that Shariful entered India illegally and added that they had been investigating who helped him and aided him right here. The courtroom can be probing the accused’s acquaintances in Mumbai.

Searching for Shariful’s 14-day custody, police stated they discovered he was a Bangladeshi nationwide after his arrest.

The 54-year-old actor has suffered six stab accidents, certainly one of them close to his backbone, within the surprising assault. Police have stated the knife used within the assault broke into three items, certainly one of which is but to be discovered. One of many shards has been recovered from Mr Khan’s physique.

Police additionally advised the courtroom that they think that Shariful has hidden the garments he wore that day as a result of they’d blood stains after his struggle with Mr Khan. They stated the garments have to be recovered in order that blood samples may very well be matched. 

The general public prosecutor stated the accused was conscious of the truth that the Bandra locality the place Saif Ali Khan lives along with his household was residence to a number of celebrities and tight safety was in place. Regardless of this, he managed to interrupt into the actor’s home, police stated, stressing that the accused acted on a plan.

The lawyer representing the accused advised the courtroom that the allegations towards him had been false and that the matter is in focus as a result of a celeb has been focused. The accused’s lawyer stated he was being made a scapegoat within the excessive profile case.

Dinesh Prajapati, who represented the accused, advised the media, “We have now stated in his defence that nothing has been recovered from him. They haven’t produced any doc to show he’s a Bangladeshi nationwide.