Saif A Khan's attacker slept at a Bandra bus stop after his dire deed
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Mumbai: In the case of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan getting stabbed, the attacker who was arrested on Sunday was in Bandra till 7 am on January 16, the day of the attack, police said. They added that the person spent the remaining night sleeping at a bus stop there, PTI reported.
Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi national who had illegally entered India and changed his name to Bijoy Das, was held earlier in the day from adjoining Thane city.
Police said he had entered the Bollywood star's home, in Satguru Sharan building in Bandra, in the early hours of January 16 with the intention of theft.
"He slept at a bus stop near Patwardhan Garden in Bandra West till 7 am on January 16 after the incident. Later, he boarded a train and reached Worli (in central Mumbai)," the official said.
"Our probe has found that he took the stairs to the seventh-eighth floor, then entered the duct area, climbed to the 12th floor using a pipe, and entered the actor's flat through a bathroom window. He then came out from the bathroom, where he was seen by the actor's staff, which led to the chain of events that resulted in the attack," the official said.
The official said the accused started arguing with a nanny in the house and sought Rs 1 crore. Hearing the ruckus, Khan arrived there and caught him from the front, the official said.
"The accused was startled and stabbed Khan in the back. Khan later locked the flat, believing the accused was pinned inside. However, the accused managed to flee from the same area from where he had entered. We have recovered a hammer, screwdriver, nylon rope and other materials from his bag," the official said.
These items make the police suspect he may have criminal antecedents, the official added.
The accused came to know that he had attacked a Bollywood star only after seeing television news reportage and social media posts of the incident, the official said.
Meanwhile, another official claimed Shehzad got time to flee as detection personnel from Bandra police station took the CCTV digital video recorder (DVR) of Khan's building, and these were not shared with the Mumbai Crime Branch.