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Saif Ali Khan stabbing case: Accused sent to police custody till January 24
Saif Ali Khan stabbing case: The accused was produced in the holiday court in Bandra at 1:30pm by the Mumbai Police.
Saif Ali Khan stabbing case: The 30-year-old man who was arrested in the Saif Ali Khan attack case was on Sunday sent to police custody by a Mumbai court till January 24.
The accused was produced before a holiday court in Bandra at 1:30 pm by the Mumbai Police.
Actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times in his plush apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area in the wee hours of January 16 by a man who intruded for burglary.
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Saif Ali Khan, who received six stab injuries in the incident that took place around 2 am, was rushed to a Lilavati Hospital in the city, where he underwent emergency surgery and was subsequently declared out of danger, according to doctors.
On early Sunday morning, the police said that they had apprehended the attacker from Hiranandani Estate on Ghodbandar Road in neighbouring Thane district.
The police said that the attacker was identified as Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi national who had illegally entered India and changed his name to Bijoy Das.
The police further claimed that the man hails from Jhalokati in Bangladesh and had been living in Mumbai for more than five months, doing petty jobs.
Accused's lawyer denies claims
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the accused claimed that the police had no proof regarding the Bangladeshi citizenship of his client.
He said that his client has been living in Thane for more than 7 years and that his family is in Mumbai.
“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,” the accused Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad's advocate, Sandeep Shekhane, told reporters, according to ANI.
He added: "They (police) said that he came here 6 months ago, it is a wrong statement. He has been living here for more than 7 years. His family is in Mumbai... This is a clear-cut violation of 43A. No proper investigation has been done..."
