Mumbai:
Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi nationwide who had illegally entered India and had been residing underneath the false title Bijoy Das, has been arrested for allegedly breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan’s dwelling and attacking him and his workers throughout a housebreaking try.
Police had fashioned 30 groups to trace down the accused, who scanned CCTV footage of the constructing in Bandra the place the Saif Ali Khan, his spouse and actor Kareena Kapoor Khan and their sons stay. They seen the suspect leaving the constructing after the assault that left the actor critically injured. Police then scanned a number of hours of footage from throughout the town to find the suspect. Throughout this tenous train, they discovered a footage captured by a CCTV digicam in DN Nagar in Andheri. They noticed the suspect getting off the bike and tracked down the two-wheeler utilizing its quantity.
Parallelly, following native intelligence inputs, police zeroed in on a rented lodging at Koliwada in Worli, the place the accused lived with three others, sources in police stated. A police workforce went to this lodging and questioned the folks residing there. They managed to get the suspect’s title and associated data. Police additionally bought his telephone quantity and used it to trace his telephone location.
The accused, police discovered, had been hiding in a thicket on a abandoned highway in Thane. Police first surrounded him from all sides after which took him into custody.
Police have stated they didn’t discover any Indian doc from Shariful, however discovered proof that set up he’s a Bangladeshi nationwide who crossed over illegally.
Throughout questioning, Shariful has claimed that he didn’t know that he was breaking into Saif Ali Khan’s dwelling, a police officer stated. Cops, nevertheless, suspect that he was out of labor and deliberate to rob the actor’s dwelling for an enormous haul.
The accused has informed police that he used the rear staircase and air-conditioning ducts to get contained in the constructing. He has additionally stated it was the primary time he had entered the constructing. Police have stated they could recreate the scene with the accused.
The actor, in the meantime, is recovering properly after he was rushed to Lilavati Hospital late on Wednesday night time with six stab accidents, certainly one of them close to his backbone.
What Occurred That Evening
In her assertion to the police, Eliyama Philip, who works as a nanny for Saif’s sons, has stated she was the primary to identify the intruder. The 56-year-old has stated was woken up by some noises round 2 am. She noticed the lavatory 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 mistaken. So I awakened once more and noticed a person come out of the lavatory and go into the boy’s room. I rapidly bought up and went to Jeh’s room. The attacker then put his finger close to his mouth and stated ‘Do not make any noise, no person will exit’ in Hindi,” Ms Philip stated.
“After I rushed to choose up Jeh, the person, armed with a picket stick and a protracted Hexa blade. ran in direction of me and tried attacking me, she stated.
“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 stated.
“At the moment, I requested him, ‘What would you like?’. He stated, ‘I need cash.’ I requested, ‘How a lot would you like?’ He stated in English, ‘one crore’,” Ms Philip has stated 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 picket object and the hexa blade, Ms Philip stated.
“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 stated, including that everybody then went to the higher ground of their dwelling. The intruder later escape, she stated.