Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed a number of occasions at his home in an prosperous Mumbai neighborhood on Thursday, Indian police officers mentioned.
Mr Khan, a prolific actor from a celeb household, was injured earlier than daybreak within the Bandra district by an intruder who managed to flee, police mentioned. He was taken to a hospital, the place medical doctors mentioned he was recovering and in a secure situation.
Police are investigating the assault and imagine the stabbing was a part of an tried housebreaking, mentioned Dixit Gedam, deputy commissioner of police in Mumbai. Police are in search of one suspect who has been recognized, he mentioned. “We all know the intruder used the fireplace escape to get into the home,” Mr Gedam mentioned.
Mr Khan suffered a extreme spinal wire damage in addition to deep wounds to his arm and neck, in response to Dr Nitin Dange of Lilavati Hospital, the place he was handled. He had undergone surgical procedure to take away a knife and restore a cerebrospinal fluid leak.
Mr. Khan, 54, has appeared in additional than 70 movies in a profession spanning three many years, with roles starting from humorous, romantic heroes to darkish, violent villains. His mom, Sharmila Tagore, was a well-known actress and his father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who was of royal descent, was the captain of the Indian cricket group. Mr. Khan can be married to a different well-known actor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and his daughter Sara Ali Khan can be an actress.
Representatives for the actor launched an announcement urging followers and the media to stay affected person whereas police examine.
As information of the stabbing unfold, opposition politicians in Maharashtra, the state whose capital is Mumbai, had been fast to criticize the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion for what they mentioned was a worsening legislation enforcement state of affairs.
“If celebrities are usually not secure, then who’s in Mumbai?” Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament from Maharashtra, wrote on social media.
Actor and director Pooja Bhatt known as for a larger police presence within the neighborhood, writing in social networks“Town, and particularly the queen of the suburbs, has by no means felt so unsafe.”
Final July, two gunmen opened fireplace outdoors star actor Salman Khan’s home, additionally in Bandra. Police arrested two males in that taking pictures and mentioned the suspects are associated to detained gang chief Lawrence Bishnoi.
In October, a former Maharashtra state minister, Baba Siddique, was fatally shot by three gunmen close to the workplace of his son, additionally a politician, in Bandra. Mr. Siddique had shut connections with Bollywood stars.
