The man accused of stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan has filed a plea before a Mumbai court, requesting that his arrest be declared illegal and seeking his release from custody.
Mohammad Shariful Islam, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi national currently held at Arthur Road Jail, withdrew an earlier bail application filed in April before a sessions court.
Following the withdrawal, Islam, through his lawyer Ajay Gawli, submitted a fresh application to the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Bandra. In the plea, he argued that his arrest was unlawful, alleging that the police did not follow proper legal procedures during his detention.
The court has directed the police to submit their response and has postponed the hearing to May 13.
Actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked multiple times with a knife by an intruder inside his 12th-floor apartment in Bandra on January 16. The 54-year-old actor required emergency surgery at Lilavati Hospital and was discharged after five days of treatment.
The accused was taken into custody by the police two days following the incident.
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