In a major setback for Mumbai Police, the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has submitted negative reports on the fingerprint samples of Shariful Islam Shehzad, a Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly attacking Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence on January 16 during a failed theft attempt. Shariful was apprehended after a 72-hour manhunt involving nearly 40 teams from the Mumbai Police and the Crime Branch. However, the fingerprints taken from the crime scene—19 samples in total—do not match those of the accused, raising serious questions about whether the wrong person has been arrested.

Social media is already abuzz with claims pointing out discrepancies between the man seen in the building’s CCTV footage and the arrested suspect, but the police have not addressed these concerns.