The Mumbai Police said that the attacker, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, had changed his name to Vijay Das after entering India to hide his Bangladeshi origins. The Bandra Court on Sunday sent Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, the 30-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin who was arrested by Mumbai Police for stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, to police custody for five days. The doctors at Lilavati Hospital, where Saif is admitted, said yesterday that the actor has been recovering well and would be discharged in two or three days.
A man had broken into Saif Ali Khan’s 11th-floor apartment on Thursday, injured the family’s nanny and later attacked him with a knife, stabbing him six times before escaping. After bleeding profusely, Saif Ali Khan was rushed to Lilavati hospital, where he underwent surgery. Khan is out of danger and is currently recovering . The attacker is still under custody .