Saif Ali Khan Stabbed: Mumbai Police Detains a Suspect, Brings Him to Bandra Station, Says Report
Saif Ali Khan Stabbed: Mumbai Police Detains a Suspect, Brings Him to Bandra Station, Says Report
Mumbai Police on Friday brought a person to the Bandra Police station for questioning in connection with the Saif Ali Khan attack case, news agencies ANI and PTI reported, sharing visuals of the cops taking the man inside the station.
It was not immediately clear whether the police detained the key suspect. However, police confirmed that no arrest has been made in connection with the case so far.
Actor Saif Ali Khan was allegedly stabbed multiple times in his plush apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area in the early hours of Thursday by a man who intruded for a burglary, officials said on Friday. Follow Saif Ali Khan attack case live updates.
The actor lives on the 12th floor of the Satguru Sharan building. Police said the entire family—Saif Ali Khan, his wife and fellow star Kareena Kapoor, and their two sons, four-year-old Jeh and eight-year-old Taimur—were home, along with their five house helps.
Saif Ali Khan Undergoes Surgery
Saif Ali Khan, who received six stab injuries in the incident that occurred around 2 am, was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery and was declared out of danger by doctors.
Hours after the incident on Thursday, CCTV visuals of the suspect surfaced, showing a man wearing a brown t-shirt with a collar and a red scarf going downstairs. The footage, timestamped at 2:33 am, clearly showed the suspect’s face.
As per doctors, Saif Ali Khan sustained a significant injury to his thoracic spinal cord due to a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was performed to remove a 2.5-inch-long knife and repair his leaking spinal fluid. After the surgery, Saif was shifted to the ICU, where he is currently recovering.
The intruder, allegedly armed with a wooden stick and a long Hexa blade, fled after the attack. CCTV footage showed him wearing a brown T-shirt with a collar and a red scarf as he quickly descended the stairs on the building’s sixth floor.
In a statement to the police, Jeh's nanny, Philip, who first encountered the armed attacker, revealed that the intruder demanded ₹1 crore. The intruder did not force entry into the flat but may have sneaked in during the night with the intent to rob, according to police officials cited in a PTI report.
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