This article contains gruesome details of violence that could be triggering for some readers. On January 16, Saif Ali Khan suffered multiple stab wounds during an attempted robbery at his Bandra residence.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A man thought to be a citizen of Bangladesh was arrested in India's financial capital Mumbai on Sunday and is considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan,

Mumbai Police have arrested Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, also known as Vijay Das, for allegedly stabbing a

During interrogation, Shehzad disclosed that he had scoped out Saif Ali Khan's house in the 12-storey building, Satguru Sharan, and Shah Rukh Khan's Mannat, among many others.

Mumbai Police caught Saif Ali Khan's attacker, who stabbed him six times at his Bandra residence on Thursday in an alleged robbery attempt, on Sunday nearby Thane city and taken into 5 days of Police custody.

On the run for over two days, Mohammad Shariful, a suspect in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case, was picked up from deep inside the mangrove forests in Thane in the wee hours of Sunday, said sources.

The attacker, identified as Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, who had changed his name to Vijay Das, allegedly carried out the violent attack on Khan inside his Bandra apartment on Thursday.

Thane: In the case of the Saif Ali Khan attack, the intruder Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Amin Fakir, alias Binoy Das, 30, who hails from Bangladesh, was arrested early Sunday in the MMRDA metro labour colony in the Kasarwadavli area of Thane.

MP Sanjay Raut launched a scathing attack on the BJP over the Saif Ali Khan attack case on January 20. Speaking to ANI, he said that if the accused is Bangladeshi, the central government is responsible.