Saif Ali Khan injured after knife attack at home during robbery bid: Police
Deputy police commissioner Dikshit Gedam said an unidentified person intruded into Khan's residence and that the actor was injured when the two had a scuffle
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan suffered multiple stab injuries, including one to the neck and another closer to his spine, after a robber allegedly barged into his residence in Mumbai's upscale Bandra (West) and stabbed him around 2:30am on Thursday, people aware of the matter said.
Deputy police commissioner Dikshit Gedam said an unidentified person intruded into Khan's residence and that the actor was injured when the two had a scuffle. "The actor is injured and is being treated. An investigation is going on," said Gedam.
A second police officer said the attacker fled the scene after attacking the actor and that they were trying to trace him. Police were in the process of registering a First Information Report and have formed multiple teams to nab the assailant.
Khan was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital and it was initially unclear if he was stabbed or injured in the scuffle with the robber. "We are investigating the matter. The Mumbai crime branch is conducting a parallel investigation into the incident," said the second police officer.
Lilavati Hospital chief operating officer Niraj Uttamani said Khan was hospitalised at 3:30am with six injuries of which two are deeper. "One of the injuries is closer to his spine. Neurosurgeon Nitin Dange, cosmetic surgeon Leena Jain, and anaesthetist Nisha Gandhi are operating on him. We will be able to tell the extent of the damage only after the surgery is done," said Uttamani. He added one of the injuries was on the neck. "The surgery started at 5:30am and was going on."
Congress lawmaker Varsha Eknath Gaikwad expressed shock at the brazen attack and asked what was going on in Mumbai. "That this happens in Bandra in a what is known as a safe neighbourhood, is what is most concerning. What security can the common man then expect? Gaikwad said in a post on X. She referred to gun violence, robberies, stabbing incidents in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and said the government has no answers. "We need answers," she said, tagging Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
