Mumbai:
The person arrested for allegedly breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan’s Mumbai house and stabbing him six instances is a Bangladeshi nationwide who entered India illegally and had been dwelling in Mumbai for the previous few months, Mumbai Police mentioned at this time.
Chatting with the media this morning, Deputy Commissioner of Police Dixit Gedam mentioned they’ve arrested an accused in reference to the housebreaking try on the actor’s Bandra house late on Wednesday night time. The accused, he mentioned, had been recognized as Mohammad Sariful Islam Shehzad. “The investigation has revealed that this accused could possibly be from Bangladesh. He doesn’t have any Indian doc. We suspect he’s from Bangladesh, we’re investigating and have added Passport Act prices to the case towards him,” the senior officer mentioned, including that the accused entered the actor’s house to commit theft.
“We’ve recovered some objects from him that counsel he’s from Bangladesh. He got here to India illegally and adjusted his title to Bijoy Das. He has been dwelling in Mumbai for about 4 months and was working at a housekeeping company,” the senior officer mentioned.
In accordance with police, the accused is single and had been working as a waiter at a restaurant until a number of months again. He was at present unemployed and police suspect he tried the housebreaking for a giant haul.
Mr Gedam added that the accused had been arrested from Thane and is now bein questioned.
The intruder had managed to interrupt into the actor’s house by the fireplace exit on the again. His maid noticed him and screamed. When Mr Khan confronted him, the attacker stabbed him six instances and fled. The actor was rushed to the close by Lilavati Hospital. Medical doctors have mentioned he’s recovering effectively.
“The robber requested for cash and when he was opposed, he attacked the maid Junu and Saif Ali Khan and injured them. Police have taken the accused into custody on the premise of technical proof. The accused’s title is Shariful Islam Shehzad and he’s a Bangladeshi nationwide,” a police assertion mentioned, including that the accused has additionally been charged beneath sections regarding illegally coming into India.
What Occurred That Night time
In her assertion to the police, Eliyama Philip, who works as a nanny for Saif’s sons, has mentioned she was the primary to identify the intruder. The 56-year-old has mentioned was woken up by some noises round 2 am. She noticed the toilet door ajar and the sunshine on and assumed that Kareena Kapoor Khan was checking in on her youthful son Jahangir or Jeh.
“… then I went again to sleep however, once more, I realised one thing was improper. So I awakened once more and noticed a person come out of the toilet and go into the boy’s room. I shortly acquired up and went to Jeh’s room. The attacker then put his finger close to his mouth and mentioned ‘Do not make any noise, no one will exit’ in Hindi,” Ms Philip mentioned.
“Once I rushed to choose up Jeh, the person, armed with a wood stick and a protracted Hexa blade. ran in the direction of me and tried attacking me, she mentioned.
“I attempted to dam the assault by placing my hand ahead, however the blade hit me close to the wrists of each my arms and on the center finger of my left hand,” she mentioned.
“At the moment, I requested him, ‘What would you like?’. He mentioned, ‘I need cash.’ I requested, ‘How a lot would you like?’ He mentioned in English, ‘one crore’,” Ms Philip has mentioned in her assertion.
Listening to Ms Philip scream, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan rushed out of their room. When Mr Khan requested the intruder what he needed, he attacked him with a wood object and the hexa blade, Ms Philip mentioned.
“Saif Sir by some means managed to get away from him and all of us ran out of the room and pulled the door of the room,” she mentioned, including that everybody then went to the higher ground of their house. The intruder later escape, she mentioned.
An Assault That Shocked Mumbai
The assault on the favored actor has shocked the nation and prompted questions the legislation and order state of affairs within the Most Metropolis. From the Opposition to members of the cinema fraternity, a number of distinguished voices have questioned the Devendra Fadnavis authorities on how secure abnormal persons are if celebrities will be attacked like this.
Below hearth, the Chief Minister has mentioned, “Amongst all of the megacities within the nation, Mumbai is the most secure. It’s true that some incidents happen generally and they need to be handled with seriousness however to say, based mostly on one incident, that Mumbai is unsafe wouldn’t be appropriate. This tarnishes Mumbai’s picture. However the authorities is working to make Mumbai even safer.”