The man picked up for questioning by the police in connection with the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is a carpenter by profession and had worked at his flat two days before the stabbing incident, an official said on Friday.
The official identified the man as Waris Ali Salmani and said he was taken to the Bandra police station for questioning after he resembled the intruder who stabbed Khan (54) multiple times in his 12th floor apartment in the early hours of Thursday during a robbery attempt.
The attacker's face was clearly captured in CCTV footage which surfaced on Thursday.
The video showed the assailant, wearing a red scarf and carrying a backpack, scurrying down the stairs from the sixth floor of the 'Satguru Sharan' building, where Khan lives, at around 2.30 am.
Salmani had worked at the actor's flat two days before the incident and was informed about the attack by the contractor who had hired him for the carpentry assignment, the official said.
Hours after questioning, police took him to an undisclosed location, he said. A second official, on condition of anonymity, however said the man brought to the Bandra police station for questioning was not related to the attack on Khan, who is recovering at Lilavati Hospital. -- PTI
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