The Bandra Holiday Court on Sunday granted Mumbai Police a 5-day custody of Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, the main accused in the Saif Ali Khan attack case.The accused is allegedly a Bangladeshi national who entered India illegally and changed his identity.
DCP Zone 9, Dixit Gedam, stated, “Prima facie, the accused is a Bangladeshi and after entering India illegally, he changed his name. He was using Vijay Das as his current name.”
According to the police, the accused, Shehzad, aged 30, came to Mumbai 5-6 months ago. Initially, he stayed in Mumbai before moving to its outskirts. During this time, he worked for a housekeeping agency.
As per preliminary probe, 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, police had said. Khan (54) was stabbed multiple times in the attack, after which he underwent a five-hour surgery in nearby Lilavati Hospital.
