Mumbai:
The seriousness of the courtroom in Bandra, the place a Bangladeshi man arrested for allegedly attacking actor Saif Ali Khan was offered on Sunday, momentarily dissipated when two attorneys jostled to signify him.
The weird drama in regards to the high-profile case prompted the Justice of the Peace earlier than whom the 30-year-old man had been introduced for remand proceedings to behave as referee and recommend to the attorneys to seem as a staff.
After breaking a lot sweat, the Mumbai police on Sunday morning arrested Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad from Thane metropolis for allegedly sneaking into the Bollywood star’s Bandra house within the early hours of January 16 with the intention of theft and repeatedly stabbing him.
Amid heavy police presence, Shehzad was produced earlier than a metropolitan Justice of the Peace courtroom in Bandra within the afternoon.
The courtroom requested him if he had any complaints towards the police to which Shehzad replied within the destructive. He was then taken to a field meant for accused individuals within the again finish of the courtroom.
A lawyer then got here ahead claiming to be showing for the accused.
Nevertheless, the scene turned dramatic simply earlier than he might take the signature of the accused on the ‘vakalatamana’ (authorized doc authorising a lawyer to seem in a case).
One other lawyer jostled his option to the accused field and took Shehzad’s signature on his vakalatamana, triggering moments of confusion about who would seem for the alleged attacker.
To defuse the state of affairs, the Justice of the Peace urged to each the competing attorneys to signify Shehzad. “You each can seem,” the Justice of the Peace stated, bringing again the deal with the remand proceedings. The duo agreed.
The courtroom subsequently remanded Shehzad in police custody for 5 days.
Earlier than arresting the accused, police had rounded up a number of people who resembled him based mostly on the footage of a CCTV digital camera from the actor’s constructing.
Saif Ali Khan, considered one of Bollywood’s main actors, was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by an intruder inside his Twelfth-floor condominium in ‘Satguru Sharan’ constructing in upscale Bandra within the early hours of January 16.
The 54-year-old actor underwent an emergency surgical procedure on the Lilavati Hospital the place he was rushed following the incident that came about round 2.30 am. He’s recovering and could also be discharged quickly, medical doctors have stated.
Earlier within the day, police stated Shehzad hails from Jhalokathi, additionally known as Jhalakathi, district in southern Bangladesh’s Barisal division, including that he was in Mumbai for the previous 5 months, throughout which he did petty jobs, together with at a housekeeping company.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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