Saturday, 18 January, 2025
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, 54, was stabbed multiple times by an intruder at his Mumbai home on Thursday. However, doctors treating him have assured the public that he is out of danger following surgery.
Khan, who sustained injuries to his spine, neck, and hand, is now on the road to full recovery, according to his medical team. Dr Nitin Dange, one of the surgeons, shared, “He suffered a severe injury to his thoracic spinal cord from a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was performed to remove the knife and repair the leaking spinal fluid.”
The attack occurred just after midnight when Khan confronted the intruder, believed to be attempting a robbery, at his high-end Bandra apartment. After stabbing Khan, the assailant fled the scene. A female employee of the apartment was also injured during the incident and is currently receiving treatment, police confirmed.
Khan, one of Bollywood’s most bankable stars, is the son of former cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore. He is married to fellow Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, and his daughter from a previous marriage, Sara, is also an actress.
Police have identified the perpetrator and initiated a manhunt. Senior police official Dikshit Gedam explained, “The accused attempted to enter through a fire escape, and it appears to have been a robbery attempt.”
Khan, known for his roles in over 70 films and television series, including the highly successful Sacred Games on Netflix, is one of the industry’s most recognized figures. He and Kapoor, one of Bollywood’s most famous couples, have two young sons.
The attack has raised alarm, prompting calls from film stars and political leaders for enhanced security in Mumbai. Clyde Crasto, spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party, expressed concern, saying, "If high-profile individuals with security can be attacked in their homes, what does this mean for ordinary citizens?"
Actor and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt echoed similar concerns, urging for a stronger police presence in Bandra, a locality home to many prominent figures from the film industry. “The city, and especially the queen of the suburbs, have never felt so unsafe,” she commented on X, referring to the popular description of Bandra.
Police said the probe so far has revealed that the attacker entered the actor's 12th-floor flat in the Satguru Sharan building to commit burglary. The intruder possibly sneaked in at some point earlier in the night, they added.
According to sources, the accused demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore after barging into the house.
Amid a political row over the "deteriorating" law and order situation in Mumbai and in Maharashtra overall, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, said what happened was unfortunate, but it would not be correct to say that the financial capital is unsafe.
After learning about the attack on Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan at his residence in Mumbai, his family members and friends from the industry, in no time, visited the Lilavati Hospital to keep a check on the actor as he underwent surgery there.
Many even took to social media and prayed for Saif's speedy recovery. Kareena's cousin Riddhima Kapoor Sahni sent her "love" to the couple.
Taking to Instagram, she shared a picture of Kareena and Saif and captioned it, "Love you both (red heart emoji)".
In the wake of the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari hit out at the BJP and said that this was failure of the state government and Mumbai was becoming capital of crime.
"Actors have a great fan following and the Indian government gets a lot of money in the form of taxes from them. Mumbai is becoming a capital of crime. With the firing incident outside the house of actor Salman Khan and then this incident, attack on former MLA, it seems that no one is safe in Mumbai. The law-and-order situation there is in shambles. The CM also has the Home Ministry. This is a complete failure of BJP," he said.
Police have released a photo of the accused behind the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence. According to sources, the Mumbai Police are holding raids in three locations in Kandivali, Wadala and Prabhadevi areas to nab the accused.
"Stabbed In Spine, Wound On Neck, Hand": Doctors Say Saif Out Of Danger
Saif Ali Khan's spinal fluid leaked out after shards of the attacker's knife lodged into his spine during the actor's fight with the intruder at his Bandra home last night, a doctor at Lilavati Hospital said today. The doctor said they repaired the spinal injury and also performed plastic surgeries on his hand and neck, where he was stabbed. He added that the 54-year-old actor is out of danger and recovering well.
In his statement to the media, Dr Nitin Dange said, "Saif Ali Khan was admitted to the hospital at 2 am with an alleged history of assault by some unknown person. He sustained a major injury to the thoracic spinal cord due to a lodged knife in the spine," he said.
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Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, 54, was stabbed multiple times by an intruder at his Mumbai home on Thursday. However, doctors treating him have assured the public that he is out of danger following surgery.
Khan, who sustained injuries to his spine, neck, and hand, is now on the road to full recovery, according to his medical team. Dr Nitin Dange, one of the surgeons, shared, “He suffered a severe injury to his thoracic spinal cord from a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was performed to remove the knife and repair the leaking spinal fluid.”
The attack occurred just after midnight when Khan confronted the intruder, believed to be attempting a robbery, at his high-end Bandra apartment. After stabbing Khan, the assailant fled the scene. A female employee of the apartment was also injured during the incident and is currently receiving treatment, police confirmed.
Khan, one of Bollywood’s most bankable stars, is the son of former cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore. He is married to fellow Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, and his daughter from a previous marriage, Sara, is also an actress.
Police have identified the perpetrator and initiated a manhunt. Senior police official Dikshit Gedam explained, “The accused attempted to enter through a fire escape, and it appears to have been a robbery attempt.”
Khan, known for his roles in over 70 films and television series, including the highly successful Sacred Games on Netflix, is one of the industry’s most recognized figures. He and Kapoor, one of Bollywood’s most famous couples, have two young sons.
The attack has raised alarm, prompting calls from film stars and political leaders for enhanced security in Mumbai. Clyde Crasto, spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party, expressed concern, saying, "If high-profile individuals with security can be attacked in their homes, what does this mean for ordinary citizens?"
Actor and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt echoed similar concerns, urging for a stronger police presence in Bandra, a locality home to many prominent figures from the film industry. “The city, and especially the queen of the suburbs, have never felt so unsafe,” she commented on X, referring to the popular description of Bandra.
Police said the probe so far has revealed that the attacker entered the actor's 12th-floor flat in the Satguru Sharan building to commit burglary. The intruder possibly sneaked in at some point earlier in the night, they added.
According to sources, the accused demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore after barging into the house.
Amid a political row over the "deteriorating" law and order situation in Mumbai and in Maharashtra overall, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, said what happened was unfortunate, but it would not be correct to say that the financial capital is unsafe.
After learning about the attack on Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan at his residence in Mumbai, his family members and friends from the industry, in no time, visited the Lilavati Hospital to keep a check on the actor as he underwent surgery there.
Many even took to social media and prayed for Saif's speedy recovery. Kareena's cousin Riddhima Kapoor Sahni sent her "love" to the couple.
Taking to Instagram, she shared a picture of Kareena and Saif and captioned it, "Love you both (red heart emoji)".
In the wake of the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari hit out at the BJP and said that this was failure of the state government and Mumbai was becoming capital of crime.
"Actors have a great fan following and the Indian government gets a lot of money in the form of taxes from them. Mumbai is becoming a capital of crime. With the firing incident outside the house of actor Salman Khan and then this incident, attack on former MLA, it seems that no one is safe in Mumbai. The law-and-order situation there is in shambles. The CM also has the Home Ministry. This is a complete failure of BJP," he said.
Police have released a photo of the accused behind the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence. According to sources, the Mumbai Police are holding raids in three locations in Kandivali, Wadala and Prabhadevi areas to nab the accused.
"Stabbed In Spine, Wound On Neck, Hand": Doctors Say Saif Out Of Danger
Saif Ali Khan's spinal fluid leaked out after shards of the attacker's knife lodged into his spine during the actor's fight with the intruder at his Bandra home last night, a doctor at Lilavati Hospital said today. The doctor said they repaired the spinal injury and also performed plastic surgeries on his hand and neck, where he was stabbed. He added that the 54-year-old actor is out of danger and recovering well.
In his statement to the media, Dr Nitin Dange said, "Saif Ali Khan was admitted to the hospital at 2 am with an alleged history of assault by some unknown person. He sustained a major injury to the thoracic spinal cord due to a lodged knife in the spine," he said.
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