Bangladeshi national Shariful Fakir, accused of assaulting actor Saif Ali Khan, has his police custody extended until January 29. Forensic evidence links Fakir to the crime despite his father's dispute over identification.

The Mumbai police informed the court that the accused Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam was not cooperating with the investigation into the case.

Mohammad Ruhul Amin Fakir maintained that his son has been falsely arrested as he was an easy target as he had entered India illegally.

A man thought to be a citizen of Bangladesh was arrested in India's financial capital Mumbai on Sunday and is considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, police said.

Fakir, 30, a Bangladeshi national who had entered India illegally and adopted the alias Vijay Das, was arrested last week in Thane.

The father of Shariful Islam Shehzad, the suspected attacker of Saif Ali Khan, denied previous reports that he was a wrestler, claiming he was a bike rider in Bangladesh.

A major development happened in the Saif Ali Khan attack case as the Police got an important piece of evidence about the accused Shariful Islam.

The Mumbai police have recorded Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's statement in connection with the knife attack on him by an intruder at his residence last week, officials said on Friday. A team of the Bandra police recorded the actor's statement on Thursday,

Bangladeshi national Shariful, driven by poverty, was arrested for breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan's Bandra home and stabbing him. Shariful, a Shah

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India's financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his house, local media reported.

Saif Ali Khan was stabbed repeatedly by the intruder, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir alias Vijay Das, inside his home on January 16