India, March 29 -- Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, the 30-year-old Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan in his Bandra house in January, has applied for bail, claiming that the charges against him are false.

In his plea before the sessions court on Friday, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad argued that "the first information report is patently false and a false case has been registered against him," according to news agency PTI.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan (54) was allegedly stabbed multiple times by an intruder inside his 12th-floor apartment in upscale Bandra area of Maharashtra's Mumbai on January 16. The actor was rushed to Lilavati Hospital for emergency surgery and was discharged a few ...