Saif Ali Khan, Famed Bollywood Actor, Is Stabbed at Home in Mumbai

[ad_1] The star Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed a number of occasions in his home in an prosperous neighborhood in Mumbai on Thursday, Indian police officers mentioned.

Mr. Khan, a prolific actor from a household of outstanding celebrities, was injured within the pre-dawn hours within the neighborhood of Bandra by an intruder who managed to flee, in accordance with the police. He was taken to a hospital, the place medical doctors reported that he was recovering and in secure situation.

The police have been investigating the assault, and consider the stabbing was a part of a housebreaking try, mentioned Dixit Gedam, a deputy commissioner with the Mumbai police. The police have been on the lookout for one suspect who had been recognized, he mentioned. “We all know that the intruder used the fireplace escape to enter the home,” Mr. Gedam mentioned.

Mr. Khan sustained a serious damage to his spinal twine, in addition to deep wounds on his arm and neck, in accordance with Dr. Nitin Dange of Lilavati Hospital, the place he was being handled. He had undergone an operation to take away a knife and restore leaking spinal fluid.

Mr. Khan, 54, has acted in additional than 70 movies in a profession spanning three many years, with roles starting from enjoyable, romantic heroes to darkish, gritty villains. His mom, Sharmila Tagore, was a celebrated actress, and his father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who had royal lineage, was the captain of India’s cricket workforce. Mr. Khan can also be married to a different outstanding actor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and his daughter, Sara Ali Khan, can also be an actress.

The actor’s representatives launched a press release requesting followers and the information media to stay affected person whereas the police examine.

As information of the stabbing unfold, opposition politicians in Maharashtra, the state wherein Mumbai is the capital, have been fast to criticize the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion over what they mentioned was a deteriorating legislation enforcement scenario.

“If celebrities aren't protected then who in Mumbai is?” Priyanka Chaturvedi, a member of Parliament from Maharashta, wrote on social media.

The actor and filmmaker Pooja Bhat referred to as for a larger police presence within the neighborhood, writing on social media, “The town & particularly the queen of the suburbs, have by no means felt so unsafe earlier than.”

Final July, two gunmen opened hearth exterior the star actor Salman Khan’s home, additionally in Bandra. The police arrested two males in that capturing, and mentioned the suspects have been linked to the imprisoned 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 ties to Bollywood stars.