Shariful Was In Adjacent Building For An Hour After Attacking Saif

Mohammed Shariful Islam Shehzad, the Bangladeshi man accused of attacking actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra residence in January, was hiding for around an hour in a neighboring building after the alleged assault, according to the charge sheet filed by the Bandra police in the case.

- Megha Sood

MUMBAI:

The police have obtained CCTV footage allegedly showing Shariful on the sixth floor of the Satguru Sharan building, where Khan stays, at 1.37 am on January 16. Around an hour later, at 2.33 am, he is seen exiting the building by jumping over the compound wall into the premises of the adjacent Bharati Villa. This was when the police were already searching for him in the Satguru Sharan premises, according to the charge sheet.

CCTV footage then shows Shariful leaving Bharati Villa at 3.37 am. At 7.04 am, he is seen at Patwardhan Garden in Bandra West, before he boards a local train from Bandra station to Dadar. The police reviewed several CCTV clips, six of which were considered crucial and are mentioned in the charge sheet.