The father of Shariful Islam Sajjad, a man reportedly arrested in Mumbai in connection with an attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, has claimed that his son is innocent. Md Ruhul Amin, Shariful’s father, urged the Indian authorities to release his son, stating that the arrest was based on mistaken identity.

Shariful Islam Sajjad, a 30-year-old resident of Rajabaria village in Jhalakathi, a southern district of Bangladesh more than 200 kilometres from Dhaka, is accused of being involved in an assault on Saif Ali Khan on January 16. However, his father maintains that Shariful is not the person responsible for the attack.