In the stabbing case of Saif Ali Khan, the accused explains to police his motivation for wanting to "steal from someone rich and escape to Bangladesh."

Prior to joining a Thane eatery, the accused worked at a Worli restaurant. He lost his job after he was discovered to be stealing.

Shariful Fakir, a Bangladeshi national who was arrested for assaulting actor Saif Ali Khan, allegedly turned to crime "due to extreme poverty." Shariful intended to steal and "escape to Bangladesh with the loot to help his ailing mother," according to a Times of India story. The intruder brutally stabbed Saif at his house in the early hours of January 16. The actor had emergency surgery at Lilavati Hospital after being stabbed many times during the attack. On Tuesday, he was let go.

Why the accused want to go to Bangladesh after committing theft

According to a police officer cited by TOI, "He picked Saif's house at random. He only intended to steal from a wealthy person and use the money he took to flee to Bangladesh in order to support his sick mother. When Shariful's contract with Jitendra Pandey's manpower agency expired on December 15, it lost its housekeeping position at a Thane restaurant, which served as the direct provocation for the murder. He was almost without money. That's what he said.

Concerning Shariful
Prior to joining the Thane eatery in September of last year, Shariful worked at a restaurant in Worli. He told the police during questioning that he used to make ₹13,000 a month and pay ₹12,000 to Bangladesh for his mother's medical care.He was fired from his job after being caught stealing in August. Then he got a low-paying job at the Thane eatery.

How Shariful got into Saif's house in Mumbai
According to police on Tuesday, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, also known as Vijay Das, 30, scaled the compound wall of Saif's building in the Bandra neighborhood of Mumbai to enter and discovered the security officers dozing off. The accused from neighboring Thane city was taken into custody by the police three days after the attack.

Additional details regarding the case
On Tuesday, Mumbai Police reenacted the crime scene at the actor's residence, the Satguru Sharan building, alongside the suspects.According to a police official who spoke to news agency PTI, the accused was taken to the actor's building and other locations that he may have visited for eating, clothing changes, and train boarding.

According to the source, Ajay Lingnurkar, a Police Inspector (Crime), has been designated as the case's investigating officer. According to the police, Fakir, a native of Bangladesh's Jhalokathi area, had been living in Mumbai for more than five months while working odd jobs and being connected to a housekeeping service. The accused was placed under five days of police custody by a Mumbai court on Sunday.