Father of Bollywood stabbing suspect says he plans to fight ‘false arrest’ Bangladeshi father claims son not the man seen in surveillance footage released by police after attack on Saif Ali Khan.
Mr Shehzad’s father, Mohammad Rohul Amin, who lives in Jhalokhathi in southern Bangladesh, told The Times of India newspaper that he will seek to raise the false arrest of his son as a “diplomatic issue” with India.
The father of a suspected Bangladeshi illegal migrant accused of stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has claimed his son is being framed in a false case because he is an easy target.
Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad was arrested by the Mumbai police on Sunday for attempted burglary and stabbing of Mr Khan.
Relations between Dhaka and Delhi have soured lately over the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in India since her government was toppled by a street agitation last August.