Saif attack: Fingerprints of accused found in flat; cops recreate crime scene
Sharif's fingerprints were reportedly found on bathroom window through which he entered and exited, duct shaft, and the ladder he used to enter from the duct
Multiple fingerprints of Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant accused of the January 16 knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, have been collected from various spots, police have said.
“The local police and crime branch visited the actor’s Satguru Sharan building and collected fingerprints as part of the probe. The forensic team also visited the building,” an official said on Monday (January 20).
Meanwhile, Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused arrested for the knife attack on Saif Ali Khan at the actor's residence in upscale Bandra, an official said.
A team of 20 officials reached the Satguru Sharan building in four police vans around 5.30 am and were on the premises for an hour, the official said.
He said the police team entered the building through the front gate with the accused, Shariful. Later, they also took him to the Bandra railway station, from where he had taken a train to Dadar, and to a place outside a garden where he had slept after the attack.
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The fingerprints of the accused have been found at the crime scene, including the bathroom window from where he entered and exited, the duct shaft and the ladder he used to enter from the duct, the official said.
Fakir, a native of Jhalokathi district in Bangladesh, had been residing in Mumbai for over five months, working odd jobs and was associated with a housekeeping agency, police said.
Case history
Khan was repeatedly stabbed by an intruder inside his apartment in upscale Bandra on Thursday, necessitating surgery.
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On Sunday, police arrested Fakir for the crime. He turned out to be a Bangladeshi national staying in India illegally after changing his name to Vijay Das.
On Sunday, the metropolitan magistrate court in Bandra remanded him in five-day police custody.
(With agency inputs)