"Saif Stabbing Case: Suspect Detained in Chhattisgarh, Mumbai Cops En Route"
"Saif Stabbing Case: Suspect Detained in Chhattisgarh, Mumbai Cops En Route"
"Saif Ali Khan suffered multiple stab wounds, including to his neck and near his spine."
Mumbai:
Days after Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times inside his Mumbai home, a suspect has been detained in Chhattisgarh. The 54-year-old actor suffered multiple stab wounds, including to his neck and near his spine, after an intruder entered his upscale Bandra home and attacked him in the early hours of Thursday.
The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Aakash Kailash Kannojia, was detained at Durg railway station. The Mumbai Police is expected to reach the state in a few hours to confirm his identity.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials claimed the suspect was "caught from the Mumbai-Howrah Jnaneswari Express based on information from the Mumbai Police." When the train reached Durg around 2 pm, the suspect, who had been sitting in the general compartment, deboarded and was immediately taken into custody. He is currently being interrogated. The Mumbai Police had sent the suspect's photo, train number, and location to the RPF.
The suspect was made to talk with Mumbai Police officials through video call. A Mumbai Police team is en route to Durg to confirm whether the detained individual is the one involved in the incident or someone else. The team is expected to reach Durg around 8 pm. It was noted that the man was traveling without a ticket and had first stated he was going to Nagpur, then claimed he was heading to Bilaspur.
The actor was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in an autorickshaw, where he underwent emergency surgery. A 2.5-inch piece of the blade was removed from his spine following a five-hour-long surgery. Saif Ali Khan, who was stabbed six times, is recovering well, according to the doctors.
Sources claimed the detained passenger resembled the suspect seen in the CCTV footage, carrying the same bag as the one the intruder had when attacking the actor.
The intruder was seen twice inside the building where Khan lives with his wife, actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, and their sons Taimur and Jeh. CCTV footage from Thursday showed him wearing a red scarf and carrying a backpack while moving quickly down the stairs around 2:30 am. He was later spotted at Bandra and Dadar railway stations, leading authorities to suspect he had taken a train out of Mumbai.
Earlier reports suggested the attacker had been arrested after police detained a man for questioning, but an official refuted this claim. The man in question, a carpenter named Waris Ali Salmani, had worked at the actor's home two days before the stabbing. He was informed of the attack by the contractor who had hired him.
Kareena Kapoor Khan recorded her statement with the Mumbai Police, recalling that she saw the intruder stab Saif repeatedly. "The attacker was aggressive. I saw him attack Saif repeatedly... Our priority was to take Saif to the hospital," she said, adding that the intruder fled without taking any valuables.
Kareena also mentioned that she went to her sister Karisma's house after Saif was taken to the hospital as she was "terrified." In a video, Kareena was seen speaking to her house staff next to the autorickshaw.
"After the attack, I was terrified, so Karisma took me to her house," she said.
More than 30 teams have been formed to track down and catch the attacker. Maharashtra Minister of State for Home (Urban) Yogesh Kadam said robbery was the motive behind the incident and clarified that no underworld gang was involved in the knife attack.
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