NEW DELHI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Saturday arrested a suspect at Chattisgarh’s Durg railway station in connection with the stabbing attack on Saif Ali Khan at his home in Mumbai earlier this week.
The detained suspect, Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was travelling on the Jnaneshwari Express from Mumbai LTT to Kolkata Shalimar.
The Mumbai Police on Saturday afternoon alerted the RPF Post Durg about the suspect’s presence on the train and provided his mobile phone location and photograph.
Two teams positioned at Durg station successfully located the suspect in the front general compartment and his identity was confirmed after his photograph was sent to Mumbai Police for verification. A Mumbai Police team will arrive in Raipur to take custody of the suspect.
“A suspect Aakash Kanojia has been detained from Durg, Chhattisgarh. Information about this suspect was received from Assistant Police Inspector Juhu Police Station, Mumbai Police that a suspect is travelling by Jnaneswari Express train and he shared the photo of the suspect. The suspect was brought to Durg RPF post and Mumbai Police officials were contacted through video call. A team of Mumbai Police will reach Raipur today to take the charge of the suspect,” said Munawar Khursheed, IG RPF SECR Zone, Bilaspur.
“Actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked some days ago and the suspect has been caught from Durg by RPF. Mumbai Police is coming and the suspect will be handed over to them,” said Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai.
The suspect had been previously captured on CCTV footage descending a staircase in the actor’s building. In an another CCTV footage, he was seen buying earphones from an electronics shop.
Khan, 54, a prominent Bollywood actor, sustained multiple stab wounds during an attempted robbery at his 12th floor residence in Mumbai’s Bandra area early Thursday morning. However, doctors have announced that he is out of danger now and will be discharged soon.
