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 distinguished celebrities, was injured within the pre-dawn hours within the neighborhood of Bandra by an intruder who managed to flee, based on the police. He was taken to a hospital, the place medical doctors reported that he was recovering and in steady situation.
The police had been investigating the assault, and imagine the stabbing was a part of a housebreaking try, mentioned Dixit Gedam, a deputy commissioner with the Mumbai police. The police had 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 significant damage to his spinal twine, in addition to deep wounds on his arm and neck, based on 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 a long time, 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 group. Mr. Khan can also be married to a different distinguished 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 through which Mumbai is the capital, had been fast to criticize the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration over what they mentioned was a deteriorating regulation enforcement scenario.
“If celebrities usually are not protected then who in Mumbai is?” Priyanka Chaturvedi, a member of Parliament from Maharashta, wrote on social media.
The actor and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt referred to as for a larger police presence within the neighborhood, writing on social media, “Town & particularly the queen of the suburbs, have by no means felt so unsafe earlier than.”
Final July, two gunmen opened hearth outdoors the star actor Salman Khan’s home, additionally in Bandra. The police arrested two males in that taking pictures, and mentioned the suspects had been related 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.
