Saif Ali Khan attacker is Bangladeshi national who changed his name after entering India: Mumbai police

Gedam added, “We have applied sections of the Passport Act against him after he could not produce any proof to show he was Indian, and we found some proof to show he is Bangladeshi.”

The officer stated that the accused did not have any prior criminal record and was unaware that he was attempting to commit robbery at the residence of Saif Ali Khan.

An officer stated that the police identified the suspect on Saturday evening, after which they started tracking his phone number. Previously, the police had been in the dark about his identity, but CCTV footage from Dadar helped them regain their direction in the investigation.

In the footage from a mobile shop, he was seen purchasing a mobile cover. The police then continued to track him through CCTV and located his residence in the Worli Koliwada area, where he was sharing a room with five others.

Based on their inquiries and his mobile records, the police discovered that he had visited a labour camp in Thane. Additionally, another team identified a contractor named Pandey, who had hired the accused a few months earlier.

Nearly 20 teams arrived at the location and began searching for the suspect. However, he fled the scene and turned off his mobile phone around 10 pm on Saturday. Approximately 100 officers from the Mumbai police also gathered at the site to continue the search for him.

A team led by DCP Navnath Dhawale successfully located the suspect hiding in the mangroves and apprehended him. He was later formally arrested. The accused arrived in Mumbai nearly six months ago and had been working at a bar in Thane, which he left just a week prior in search of new employment, said the police.

What has happened in the Saif Ali Khan attack case so far?

In the early morning of Thursday, January 16, between 2 am and 2.30 am , a man allegedly broke into Saif Ali Khan’s 11th-floor apartment in Bandra, injured the family’s nanny, and then attacked Khan with a knife, stabbing him six times before escaping.

Saif Ali Khan, who was bleeding heavily, was taken to Lilavati Hospital by his family in an autorickshaw, where he underwent surgery. According to senior doctors, he is currently stable and out of danger.

On Friday, the Mumbai police detained a man in connection with the investigation into the Saif Ali Khan attack case. He was taken to the Bandra police station for questioning. However, he was released after five hours because the police found he had no link to the case. According to police sources, he was picked up due to his resemblance to the accused, who was captured on CCTV at Khan’s building and had a history of petty crimes.

On Saturday, a 31-year-old man was detained from a train in Durg, Chhattisgarh, in connection with the attack. The police then said that the suspect detained in Durg did not appear to be the accused, but a police verification team was sent to Chhattisgarh.