MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan suffered stab injuries after an unknown person intruded into his 11th floor flat in Bandra (West) suspected to commit burglary on Thursday. Bandra police said the unknown person fled away after attacking Khan when he woke up and had a scuffle with the intruder.
The 54-year old is in the operation theatre at the moment. Doctors are working on the six stab wounds, including one close to the spine.
The incident occurred between 2am and 2.30am when the unknown person broke into the flat when Khan woke up hearing some sound.
Saif Ali Khan Health Update
Other family members of the actor was also present in the flat when the incident occurred.
Khan was taken to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra Reclamation by his elder son Ibrahim and a caretaker around 3 am. “He had six incised wounds caused by a sharp object,” said hospital COO Dr Niraj Uttamani.
At 9am, he was still undergoing surgery performed by neurosurgeon Dr Nitin Dange. It is learnt that two wounds are deep — one near the spinal cord which also has a foreign object (as seen in the CT scan) and one on the left wrist. The left wrist will need plastic surgery.
“He doesn’t have life-threatening wounds, but the extent of damage will only be known after the surgery,” said a doctor.
DCP (Zone X) Dikshit Gedam said an unidentified person intruded in the residence of actor Saif Ali Khan. The actor and the intruder had a scuffle. The actor is injured and is being treated. Investigation is going on and three people have reportedly been detained.
“On hearing commotion all present in the house rushed out to see the actor. They rushed him to Lilavati Hospital where he has undergone treatment, ” said a Bandra police.
Bandra police team and the Mumbai crime branch are probing the matter. “Probe is on to find out how the intruder managed to clear the security at the building or had he crawled from other side of the building to reach the actor’s flat. The team is going through the CCTV footage in the building,” said the police.
Saif Ali Khan’s team issues statement
Khan was injured during an attempted burglary at his residence, according to his team, which requested media and fans to be patient.
In an official statement released on behalf of the actor, his team said, “There was an attempted burglary at Mr. Saif Ali Khan’s residence. He is currently in hospital undergoing surgery. We request the media and fans to be patient. It is a police matter.”
