Mumbai:
The Bangladeshi nationwide arrested for attacking Saif Ali Khan gained entry into the actor’s constructing in Mumbai’s Bandra space by scaling its compound wall, and located the safety guards sleeping at the moment, police mentioned on Tuesday.
The Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused on the Satguru Sharan constructing, the place the actor resides.
Khan (54) was stabbed repeatedly by the intruder, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir alias Vijay Das (30), inside his 12-floor condominium within the wee hours of January 16. The actor suffered a number of stab accidents within the assault and underwent an emergency surgical procedure on the Lilavati Hospital.
Three days after the assault, the police arrested the accused from neighbouring Thane metropolis.
A police official mentioned, “Each the safety guards within the constructing the place actor Saif Ali Khan resides had been sleeping when his attacker entered it by crossing over the boundary wall.” “As he discovered each the safety guards in deep slumber, the accused entered the constructing from the principle entrance the place no CCTV digicam has been put in. The accused eliminated his sneakers and stored them in his bag to keep away from making any noise and likewise switched off his cellphone,” he mentioned.
“In the course of the probe, the police discovered that there aren’t any CCTV cameras put in within the constructing’s hall. The investigation revealed that one of many two safety guards was sleeping within the cabin and the opposite close to the gate,” he added.
In an effort to recreate the crime scene, the police took the accused to the actor’s constructing in addition to at different locations that he probably visited to have meals, to vary garments and to board a prepare, he mentioned.
The accused is stored within the police lockup both on the Bandra or the Santacruz police stations and nobody besides the investigation officer has permission to fulfill him, he mentioned, including that he’s being offered meals that different accused are being given.
Police Inspector (Crime) Ajay Lingnurkar has been appointed because the investigation officer within the case, the official mentioned.
Fakir, a local of Jhalokathi district in Bangladesh, had been residing in Mumbai for over 5 months, working odd jobs and related to a housekeeping company, the police have mentioned.
A courtroom in Mumbai on Sunday remanded the accused in five-day police custody.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)