Mumbai: The man arrested on Sunday in the January 16 Saif Ali Khan attack case was in Bandra till 7am on the day of the incident and slept at a bus stop, a police official said.
Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi national who had illegally entered India and changed his name to Bijoy Das, was held earlier in the day from adjoining Thane city.
Police said 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.
“He slept at a bus stop near Patwardhan Garden in Bandra West till 7am on January 16 after the incident. Later he boarded a train and reached Worli (in central Mumbai),” the official said.
“Our probe has found that he took the stairs till the seventh-eighth floor, then entered the duct area, climbed to the 12th floor using a pipe, entered the actor’s flat through a bathroom window. He then came out from the bathroom, where he was seen by the actor’s staff, which led to the chain of events that resulted in the attack,” the official said.
The official said the accused started arguing with a nanny in the house and sought Rs 1 crore, and hearing the ruckus, Khan arrived there and caught him from the front, the official said.
