Mohammad Shehzad, alias Vijay Das (30), a Bangladeshi nationwide, tried to rob Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s residence as a consequence of his monetary struggles. Studies recommend that he wanted cash to fund his mom’s medical therapy and had misplaced a housekeeping job in December of the earlier yr, which left him in a dire monetary scenario.
In accordance with Occasions of India, Mohammad Shehzad focused Saif Ali Khan’s dwelling pushed by his excessive poverty, aiming to steal from somebody rich. It was additionally reported that he deliberate to flee to Bangladesh after committing the crime.
“He selected Saif’s residence randomly. All he needed was to steal from somebody wealthy and escape to Bangladesh with the loot to assist his ailing mom,” the report quoted an officer as saying.
The officer additional defined that the rapid set off for the crime was Shehzad dropping his housekeeping job at a Thane restaurant on December 15, when the contract with the manpower company owned by Jitendra Pandey got here to an finish. In consequence, he discovered himself almost with none cash.
Earlier than beginning on the Thane restaurant in September of the earlier yr, Shariful had labored at a restaurant in Worli, incomes ₹13,000 a month. Throughout his interrogation, he informed the police that he would ship ₹12,000 of this quantity to Bangladesh for his mom’s medical therapy, preserving simply ₹1,000 for himself, in accordance with the report.
Shehzad was dismissed from his job on the Worli restaurant after being caught in possession of a diamond ring that belonged to one of many prospects.
Throughout questioning, Shehzad informed the police that he stabbed actor Saif Ali Khan a number of occasions within the again to interrupt free from his tight grip. After the assault, he fled from Khan’s flat within the upscale Bandra space and hid within the constructing’s backyard for about two hours.
Saif Ali Khan was attacked at his residence within the early hours of January 16, and the police apprehended Shehzad in Thane on January 19.
Khan sustained a number of stab wounds within the assault and underwent emergency surgical procedure at Lilavati Hospital. On January 21, 2025, the actor was discharged from the hospital and returned dwelling, the place he was seen flashing a vivid smile regardless of the unlucky incident.
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