After his discharge from the hospital, Saif Ali Khan recounted the harrowing ordeal in his statement to the police. The actor revealed that between 2:30 AM and 2:40 AM on January 16, he heard a commotion in his home.
Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad allegedly changed his name to `Bijoy Das' after entering India. The people who helped Islam enter India from Bangladesh were yet to be traced, the police told Bandra court while seeking extension of Islam's custody on January 29.
Facial recognition technology has confirmed that the accused in actor Saif Ali Khan's stabbing case, Mohammad Shariful Islam, is the same person seen in CCTV footage from the crime scene, police said today.
Police have confirmed the accused Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir is the person seen on CCTV visuals
Saif Ali Khan was attacked by an intruder on Thursday morning (January 16). He was stabbed six times by a knife. The actor had neurosurgery and a plastic surgery to repair his wounds. After six days, Saif Ali Khan was discharged from the hospital.
In a major development in the investigation of the attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Mumbai Police have confirmed that the suspect, Shariful Islam, matches with the individual captured in CCTV footage from Khan’s residence.
The Police also confirmed that the accused entered India from Bangladesh and stayed at various locations in Kolkata for several days.
After days, the result of face recognition test of accused Sariful Islam in Saif Ali Khan attack case came positive. Scroll down to read full details.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his house, local media reported.
The police informed that the Bangladeshi national had entered India seven months ago and used a West Bengal resident’s Aadhaar card to procure a SIM before moving to Mumbai.
Mumbai Police confirmed that the face of accused Shariful Islam matches CCTV footage from Saif Ali Khan's residence. Police conducted a facial recognition test as a standard procedure, not due to doubts about his identity.
January 2025 witnessed major controversies in Bollywood including Saif Ali Khan's stabbing incident, the re-release of Padmaavat sparking debates on historical accuracy, and Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency facing bans and protests.