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Mumbai police opposed Mohammad Shariful Islam's bail in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case, citing forensic evidence linking knife fragments to the recovered weapon. Mumbai police have opposed the bail plea of the accused in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case. On Friday, police officials told a Mumbai court that the knife fragment that got lodged near the spine of the actor and the one found at the scene of the crime matched with the weapon recovered from the accused, Mohammad Shariful Islam.
While opposing the bail plea, police told the court that the three pieces were part of the same weapon used to attack Saif Ali Khan. In its written response to the court, police cited a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report. The court was also told that the three pieces of knife were sent for chemical analysis examination at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Kalina in Mumbai.
After the examination, it was revealed that all three pieces are part of the same knife. Besides this, the police also opposed the bail plea by stating that the accused is a Bangladeshi citizen who was living in India illegally. Cops claimed that there is a possibility of the accused absconding and therefore, he must not be granted bail.
Police also said the offence was very “serious in nature" and “strong evidence" is available against the accused. For the unversed, the accused, in his bail plea, had claimed that he was being falsely framed. “The FIR is patently false and a false case has been registered against him," his plea read.
Saif Ali Khan was stabbed by an intruder at his Mumbai residence in the wee hours of January 16. It was reported that at around 2 AM, the actor heard noises when one of his female employees was attacked in Jeh’s room. This prompted Saif to intervene, which led to an altercation between the two and the attacker injured both Saif and the female employee.
Islam has been accused of breaking into Saif Ali Khan’s Mumbai residence with the intent of robbing. He has also been accused of attacking the actor and his staff member using a wooden weapon and a blade. Saif Ali Khan was stabbed six times by the robber, following which he was rushed to the hospital.
The actor was discharged on January 21. (With inputs from PTI).
