Saif Ali Khan stabbing case: From bathroom window to duct shaft and ladder, Mumbai police find attacker’s 19 fingerprints from crime scene
The Mumbai police are likely to take the accused to Saif Ali Khan’s house to recreate the crime scene.
The Mumbai police said they have found as many as 19 fingerprints of Bangladeshi national Mohammed Shariful Islam, alias Vijay Das, who allegedly attacked Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his house on January 16 in a failed robbery attempt, from the crime scene.
Sources in the Mumbai police told The Indian Express they managed to lift the accused’s fingerprints from the crime scene, the bathroom window from where he entered and exited, the duct shaft, and the ladder he used to enter the building from the duct, among other places. The police believe they are one of the strongest pieces of evidence they have against Islam, 30, to secure a conviction in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case.
The Mumbai police ran these fingerprint samples through the state and national databases, but they didn’t match anyone. “We should have then realised that the robber could be from outside and probably a Bangladeshi national, as a huge number of people illegally enter the country from there,” said a police officer who is a part of the probe.
How Cops Caught Saif Ali Khan Attack Suspect
Saif Ali Khan was rushed to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital where he underwent extensive surgery for several hours, including the removal of a two-and-a-half inch metal shard – a piece of the knife – in his back.
That was how Shariful Islam Shehzad, the man accused of stabbing Saif Ali Khan six times – in a suspected attempted burglary incident – was tracked down and arrested by Mumbai Police Sunday.
Sources told NDTV this morning teams of police looking for Shehzad zeroed in on his location after he paid for breakfast – a paratha – via a Google Pay transaction, presumably on his mobile phone.
Sources also said he used to work at that restaurant, where he received praise for his hard work. The police also reportedly plan to speak to the person who hired Shehzad – a man called Pandey.
From there the accused fled to Dadar and then to Thane.
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This was after he earlier jumped from Bandra (where the attack took place) to Dadar to Worli and then Andheri, and then back to Dadar; moving around was how he managed to evade the cops for a while.
Saif Ali Khan recovering well, could be discharged by Monday: Doctors
The 54-year-old, who had emergency surgery Thursday to remove part of a knife from his spine, was stable to be moved from ICU to a special room on Friday.
Actor Saif Ali Khan, who is undergoing treatment at Lilavati Hospital after being stabbed multiple times by an intruder at his home in the early hours of Thursday, is recovering well and is expected to be discharged by Monday, doctors said.