India, April 14 -- The first persons accused Shariful Islam Shehzad met after the failed burglary attempt at actor Saif Ali Khan's residence in Bandra on January 16 were his roommates Doublu Kumar Baleshwar Yadav and Rohit Yadav. Shariful reached the room he shared with them in Worli Koliwada around 7.30am on January 16 and Doublu Kumar was later seen withdrawing Rs.1,000 from an ATM centre nearby and handing it over to him, according to the 1,600-page charge sheet submitted in the case last week by Bandra police.

The charge sheet indicates that police relied entirely on technical leads such as CCTV footage and call detail records (CDR) to trace and nab Shariful, and investigators did not question any of his accomplices or other suspects...