Mumbai Bandra Court of Mumbai has given police remand of Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, accused of murderous attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, for 5 days. The accused’s lawyer gave this information to the media. Mohammed Shariful Islam Shahzad’s lawyer Sandeep Shekhane said that the court has sought a report from the police within 5 days. He claimed that Mumbai Police does not have evidence that the accused is a Bangladeshi citizen. According to the lawyer of the person who attacked Saif Ali Khan, the police is falsely claiming that he had come to Mumbai 6 months ago. He said that my client has been living with his family in Mumbai for 7 years.
#WATCH Saif Ali Khan attack case | Accused Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad’s advocate Sandeep Shekhane says, “A police custody for 5 days has been granted. The court has asked the police to submit a report within 5 days. The police have no proof that he is a Bangladeshi. They… pic.twitter.com/hpSIp3AuKP
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2025
Listen to what another lawyer appearing on behalf of Shariful said.
#WATCH , Saif Ali Khan attack case | Accused Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad’s advocate Dinesh Prajapati says, “The police demanded police custody and the grounds given by the police for the police custody are not sufficient…We have given in his (accused) defense that nothing… pic.twitter.com/frWSyB3iwT
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2025
Mumbai and Thane police teams had arrested Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad from the metro construction site near Hiranandani Estate in Thane at 2 am on Saturday night in connection with the murderous attack on Saif Ali Khan. He was sleeping in the bushes near the labor colony. According to Mumbai Police, the phone of accused Mohammad Shariful was active in Dadar, Bandra and Saif’s house. Through that, he reached Thane while searching and arrested the accused from there. It has been revealed about the accused of attacking Saif Ali Khan that he used to work as a cleaner in a pub in Thane. Mumbai Police did not find any Aadhar card or identity document from him. After which suspicion was being raised that Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad is a citizen of Bangladesh.
When Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad was arrested, he told the police his name was BJ, Vijay etc. In such a situation, the police believe that Shariful was trying to deceive the law. Saif Ali Khan was attacked at around 2.30 am on 16 January. It is alleged that Saif Ali Khan was stabbed six times with a knife. There was a knife on his back, neck and hand. A part of the knife was broken near Saif Ali Khan’s spine. Which the doctors removed by surgery.
