Awaiting report: Cops amid fingerprint mismatch claims

The fingerprint assessment in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case is awaited, the Mumbai Police said on Sunday after media reports emerged that the prints found at the actor's house did not match those of the arrested main accused Shariful Islam Fakir.

- Manish Kumar Pathak

MUMBAI:

The fingerprints bureau, run by the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), will submit a report shortly, said Dikshit Gedam, deputy commissioner of police, zone 9. "The fingerprint department is yet to submit their report to the Bandra police. We'll wait for the report before commenting further," Gedam said. A senior officer from the state CID confirmed that the report had not been submitted.

Another senior IPS officer said claims of a fingerprint mismatch were premature, saying that an "absolutely genuine detection of all the evidence" was in process.