Mumbai:
The man 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 residing in Mumbai for the previous few months, Mumbai Police mentioned right this moment.
Speaking to 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 evening. The accused, he mentioned, had been recognized as Mohammad Sariful Islam Shehzad. “The investigation has revealed that this accused might be from Bangladesh. He doesn’t have any Indian doc. We suspect he’s from Bangladesh, we’re investigating and have added Passport Act costs to the case towards him,” the senior officer mentioned, including that the accused entered the actor’s house to commit theft.
“We have recovered some objects from him that counsel he’s from Bangladesh. He got here to India illegally and altered his title to Bijoy Das. He has been residing in Mumbai for about 4 months and was working at a housekeeping company,” the senior officer mentioned.
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 means of the hearth 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. Doctors have mentioned he’s recovering properly.
“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 getting into India.
What Happened That Night
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 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 flawed. So I wakened once more and noticed a person come out of the lavatory and go into the boy’s room. I rapidly received up and went to Jeh’s room. The attacker then put his finger close to his mouth and mentioned ‘Don’t make any noise, no person will exit’ in Hindi,” Ms Philip mentioned.
“When I rushed to select up Jeh, the person, armed with a picket stick and a protracted Hexa blade. ran in 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 fingers and on the center finger of my left hand,” she mentioned.
“At that point, 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.
Hearing Ms Philip scream, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan rushed out of their room. When Mr Khan requested the intruder what he wished, he attacked him with a picket object and the hexa blade, Ms Philip mentioned.
“Saif Sir in some way 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 flooring of their house. The intruder later escape, she mentioned.
An Attack 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 Maximum City. From the Opposition to members of the cinema fraternity, a number of outstanding voices have questioned the Devendra Fadnavis authorities on how protected atypical persons are if celebrities may be attacked like this.
Under fireplace, the Chief Minister has mentioned, “Among all of the megacities within the nation, Mumbai is the most secure. It is 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. But the federal government is working to make Mumbai even safer.”