Saif Ali Khan Attacked News LIVE: Mumbai police took the attacker, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, to actor Saif Ali Khan’s home in upscale Bandra West area in Mumbai late last night to create the crime scene.
Multiple fingerprints of the accused were collected from various spots into the January 16 knife attack on the popular Bollywood actor. Khan was repeatedly stabbed by the intruder inside his apartment in Satguru Sharan building, necessitating surgery.
The attacker is a native of Jhalokathi district in Bangladesh, who was staying in India illegally after changing his name to Vijay Das. Police said Fakir had been residing in Mumbai for over five months, working odd jobs and associated with a housekeeping agency. On Sunday, the metropolitan magistrate’s court in Bandra remanded him in 5-day police custody.