Mohammad Shariful Islam, arrested two days after the incident, is at present in judicial custody. File.
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Mohammad Shariful Islam, the accused within the stabbing of actor Saif Ali Khan, has approached a Mumbai court docket with an software to plead responsible.
Islam, a Bangladeshi nationwide, is in judicial custody. His lawyer, Vipul Dushing, knowledgeable the court docket of his shopper’s willingness to plead responsible and request leniency. The court docket has directed the prosecution to file its response and has adjourned the listening to to September 11.
The accused faces fees below the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for theft with a lethal weapon, inflicting grievous damage, and home trespass. He additionally faces fees below the Foreigners Act and Passport (Entry into India) Guidelines. Further classes decide G.P. Deshmukh framed the costs earlier this month.
He had beforehand pleaded not responsible to the costs.
The incident occurred on January 16, 2025, on the actor’s Twelfth-floor house in Bandra. Islam is alleged to have stabbed Khan repeatedly with a knife throughout a confrontation. The 54-year-old actor underwent emergency surgical procedure at Lilavati Hospital and was discharged after 5 days.
On the time of his arrest, Islam advised the Mumbai Police that he stabbed Khan as a result of the actor confronted him in the course of the violent altercation. He was arrested two days after the incident.
Printed – August 28, 2026 08:20 pm IST
