Saif attacker’s custody extended, to undergo facial recognition test

The police on Friday told a court here that they needed to conduct a facial recognition test of the Bangladeshi man arrested for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan to ascertain that he was the person seen in the CCTV footage.

While the magistrate’s court extended the police custody of Shareeful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30) till January 29, defence lawyers questioned the actor’s version of the incident, asking why he did not call the police immediately.

Fakir was arrested on January 19 for allegedly breaking into Khan’s 12th floor flat in Bandra for robbery three days earlier, and stabbing the actor multiple times when confronted.

Son being framed: Accused’s father

The father of the Bangladeshi man accused of stabbing Saif Ali Khan will approach that country’s foreign ministry and the Indian High Commission for the release of his son, who he claimed was being framed. Mohammad Ruhul, father of Shariful Islam, said his son did not have proper documentation for his stay in India and he lived in constant fear of being arrested.

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Public prosecutors KS Patil and Prasad Joshi told the court that “facial recognition test” of the accused was needed to be done at a forensic science laboratory to ascertain that he was the same person seen in the CCTV footage recovered from the staircase of Khan’s building.

The prosecution’s statement followed reported claims made by the accused’s father that the person seen in the CCTV footage was not his son. Fakir’s father alleged that based on some similarities his son was falsely implicated.