Saif attack: Cops rest case on DNA matches, CCTV footage

The police submitted a 1,600-page charge sheet before a magistrate's court in Bandra on Tuesday

- Megha Sood

MUMBAI: Police are anchoring their case against Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, the Bangladeshi man accused of breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan's home and attacking him in January, on compelling forensic evidence. The 1,600-page charge sheet, submitted before a magistrate's court in Bandra on Tuesday, includes DNA matches, positive facial recognition test results, and fingerprint evidence.

In addition, the charge sheet contains eyewitness statements and crucial CCTV footage of Shariful after the alleged attack. It includes details of a T-shirt and a broken knife fragment recovered from locations reportedly identified by Shariful during interrogation.

"The case against Shariful is watertight, considering all the evidence we have against him," said Dikshit Gedam, deputy commissioner of police (zone 9).

One of the most crucial pieces of evidence, according to the charge sheet, is a DNA match between Saif's blood and blood found on a T-shirt allegedly worn by Shariful during the attack, and on the handle of the knife allegedly used in the assault.