Forty-eight hours after mid-day reported that the fingerprints of Shariful Islam, arrested in connection with the attack on Saif Ali Khan, did not match the initial 19 samples sent to the fingerprint bureau of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Mumbai police told media that the samples had indeed been sent to the CID, though no reports had come yet.

Sources have stated that, given the number of people present at the crime scene, there is a possibility of overlapping fingerprints, with some matching and others not. Officials have also confirmed that they have collected over 200 samples from the crime scene so far.