Foreign Link to Be Checked: Mumbai Court Sends Saif Ali Khan’s Attacker to 5-Day Police Custody

Foreign Link to Be Checked: A Bandra court has remanded 30-year-old Shafiqul Islam, the accused in the attack of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, to police custody till January 24. The police had sought 14-day custody of the accused during the investigation of the case.

Issuing the remand order on Sunday, the police said Islam, a Bangladeshi national, was being pursued by them to ascertain the motive behind the attack. According to the police, they should be permitted to find out if some international conspiracy was linked with this case.

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On considering these documents, the court noted that the submission of an international conspiracy by the prosecution "cannot be said to be impossible".

Satisfied By Police’s Demand Of Accused’s Custody: Court

In its order, the Bandra Holiday Court remarked that the demand of police custody is justified in view of "this being at a very early stage of investigation."

The court ruled, “We are satisfied by the demand of Mumbai Police. The accused has entered inside the residence of a celebrity and attacked him. The police need to recover the clothes worn by him on that day. Hence, custodial interrogation is required. The police also needs to recover the knife that was used by the accused. The learned defence council has said that no notice was given to the accused U/S43A of the BNS."

The court added, “After having considered the submission of the defence and the prosecution i find that they are well founded allegations. The investigation is at early stage. The accused has been arrested earlier today. The police therefore are justified in asking sufficient period for an investigation."

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Accused Arrested From Thane

The earlier release identified the attacker as Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi national, who is said to have entered India illegally and taken a new name. Shafiqul Islam was arrested in the Labour Camp area of Thane city.

Islam reportedly entered the house of the Bollywood star resident of Sarvatra building at Bandra before dawn on January 16 to commit robbery.

He also worked as housekeeping staff at Ricky's Bar in Thane and had other names to escape detection, disclosed the police.

Saif was stabbed six times at his Bandra West apartment around 2.30 am on Thursday, including once in the neck and shoulder.

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