Labour contractor led Mumbai police to Saif 's attacker in Thane

A labour contractor helped the Mumbai police track down the attacker who stabbed actor Saif Ali Khan, in the neighbouring Thane district, an official said on Sunday.

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The police have arrested Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30), a Bangladeshi national, for the attack that took place at the actor's house in Bandra in the early hours of Thursday.

The official said the crime branch and the local police had formed multiple teams to trace the accused, who had eluded them for more than two days.

During the probe, the police found that the accused was seen outside Dadar railway station thrice and had gone to Worli Koliwada, he said.

The police examined lots of CCTV footage and found that the attacker had visited a labour contractor in the area, the official said.

He said the labour contractor gave the police the details about the attacker, and based on his direction, the police traced him to a labour camp in a forested area in Thane, from where he was apprehended.

The official said the accused had worked for a Thane-based hotel in the past, and so far, no criminal record in his name had come to light.