The guards at Saif Ali Khan’s residence were asleep when a Bangladeshi national managed to enter the premises on Thursday.
According to police, the accused scaled the compound wall of the actor’s Mumbai home in Bandra and discovered both security guards asleep.
The incident details emerged when Mumbai police recreated the crime scene on Tuesday at the Satguru Sharan building, where Khan, 54, resides with his wife, actor Kareena Kapoor, and their two children, Taimur and Jeh. The attack occurred on January 16, when the accused, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, also known as Vijay Das, entered the actor’s 12-floor apartment and repeatedly stabbed him.
Fakir, a Bangladeshi national from the Jhalokathi district, had been living in Mumbai for over five months, working various odd jobs and associated with a housekeeping agency. The police revealed that Fakir accessed the building through the main entrance after finding the security guards asleep—one in the guard cabin and the other near the entrance gate.
The absence of CCTV cameras in the building’s corridor and the lack of surveillance near the main entrance enabled Fakir to evade detection. He reportedly removed his shoes and switched off his phone to avoid making any noise.
“Both the security guards in the building where actor Saif Ali Khan resides were sleeping when his attacker entered it by crossing over the boundary wall,” a police official told news agency PTI.
“As he found both the security guards in deep slumber, the accused entered the building from the main entrance where no CCTV camera has been installed. The accused removed his shoes and kept them in his bag to avoid making any noise and also switched off his phone,” the official added.
Saif Ali Khan attack
Saif Ali Khan, 54, was stabbed multiple times by an intruder on Thursday morning at his residence in Bandra. The actor was rushed to Lilavati Hospital at 3 a.m. on Thursday, where he underwent a five-hour surgery. During the procedure, a piece of the knife was removed from his body. He was later shifted to the ICU and remained hospitalized until his discharge on Tuesday afternoon.
The police arrested the accused, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, in Thane city three days after the attack. Police Inspector (Crime) Ajay Lingnurkar has been appointed as the investigation officer for the case. Fakir is currently in police custody, held at either the Bandra or Santacruz police stations under strict access restrictions. His meals are reportedly the same as those provided to other detainees.