A Mumbai court has sent Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad to five days of police custody in the Saif Ali Khan attack case.

MUMBAI: The lawyer of the accused arrested in connection with the stabbing attack on actor Saif Ali Khan has denied the claims made by police regarding the accused being a Bangladeshi national, and claimed that he has been staying in Mumbai for the last seven years.

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, police said.