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Shariful’s father is claiming that the Mumbai Police is framing his son for the attack on Saif Ali Khan.

Shariful Islam allegedly broke into the 12th-storey residence of actor couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in their Bandra home with the intention to rob the Khans. (IMAGE: X)
Father of Shariful, the Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan, will visit the Indian High Commission to protest the arrest of his son.
According to sources, Shariful’s father is claiming that the Mumbai Police is “framing” his son in the stabbing case.
The developments come amid Mumbai Police releasing the findings of the Face Recognition Test (FRT) it conducted which showed that Shariful’s face matches the suspect captured on CCTV footage from Saif Ali Khan’s residence. The FRT report has returned positive.
A Mumbai court on Wednesday refused the city police custody of Shariful.
It sent him to judicial remand noting that there was no fresh ground to extend his police custody.
The Bandra magistrate’s court after perusing the application submitted by the police seeking further custody said no fresh ground was made out.
Islam allegedly broke into the 12th-storey residence of actor couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in the upscale Bandra area with the intention of robbery in the early hours of January 16. When confronted by Saif (54), the accused allegedly stabbed him multiple times and fled.
He was arrested on January 19 from neighbouring Thane.
On Wednesday, the police pleaded for extension of the accused’s remand saying he was yet to come clean about the persons who helped him enter India illegally, and was providing incomplete information about his financial transactions.
A police team was sent to conduct an investigation in Kolkata and statements of relevant individuals were recorded, the prosecution told the court.
The clothes worn by the accused while committing the crime and during his escape, the weapon and the tools used in the crime, a “gamcha” (towel) and a bag have been sent to the forensic laboratory for chemical analysis, the court was told.
The people who helped Islam enter India from Bangladesh were yet to be traced, the police said.
As per the police, the accused changed his name from Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad to `Bijoy Das’ after entering India.
Saif Ali Khan who underwent an emergency surgery after the knife attack was discharged from the hospital after five days.