Shariful Fakir, a Bangladeshi national arrested for stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan, reportedly turned to crime due to dire poverty. According to a Times of India story, Shariful intended to steal and "escape to Bangladesh with the loot to help his ailing mother". The intruder repeatedly stabbed Saif in the early hours of January 16 at his house.
The actor was stabbed numerous times during the attack and had emergency surgery at Lilavati Hospital. He was discharged on Tuesday.?
TOI quoted a police officer as saying, "He chose Saif's residence randomly. All he wanted was to steal from someone rich and escape to Bangladesh with the loot to help his ailing mother. The immediate provocation for the crime was that Shariful lost a housekeeping job at a Thane restaurant on December 15 when its contract with the manpower agency owned by Jitendra Pandey ended. He found himself nearly penniless. He said as much."
Shariful worked at a Worli restaurant before joining the Thane restaurant in September of last year. During interrogation, he admitted to earning ?13,000 per month and sending ?12,000 to Bangladesh for his mother's medical treatment. He lost his job in August after being found stealing. He subsequently got a menial job at Thane Restaurant.?
Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir alias Vijay Das (30) broke into Saif's building in Mumbai's Bandra neighbourhood by scaling its compound wall and discovered the security officers sleeping at the time, police said on Tuesday. Three days after the attack, authorities apprehended the accused in Thane city.?
On Tuesday, Mumbai Police recreated the crime scene with the accused at the Satguru Sharan building, where the actor lives. According to a police officer, the accused was taken to the actor's building as well as other locations where he may have stopped for food, a change of clothes or to board a train.?
Police Inspector (Crime) Ajay Lingnurkar has been designated as the case's investigation officer, according to the official. Fakir, a native of Bangladesh's Jhalokathi area, has been living in Mumbai for more than five months, working odd jobs and working for a housekeeping service, according to police. A Mumbai court on Sunday remanded the accused in police custody for five days.
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