Mumbai:
In a strongly-worded response to the shock assault on Saif Ali Khan, actor and filmmaker Pooja Bhatt has questioned the “lawlessness” in Mumbai and mentioned she “by no means felt so unsafe earlier than”.
Taking to social media platform X, the 52-year-old actor posted a number of tweets, demanding extra police presence in Bandra. She tagged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, his deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar and minister Ashish Shelar drawing their consideration to the problem. The Chief Minister is but to reply to the surprising incident that came about final night time and left the 54-year-old actor with six stab accidents, one among them close to his backbone.
Can this lawlessness please be curbed @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice
We want extra Police presence in Bandra. The town & particularly the queen of the subburbs, have by no means felt so unsafe earlier than. 🙏
Sort Attn @ShelarAshish @mieknathshinde @AjitPawarSpeaks @Dev_Fadnavis 🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/6PJm65a8Df— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) January 16, 2025
“Can this lawlessness please be curbed @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice. We want extra Police presence in Bandra. The town and particularly the queen of the subburbs, have by no means felt so unsafe earlier than,” Ms Bhatt mentioned. “Legislation & Order. We’ve legal guidelines.. what about order?” she added.
Native police are our first preventers/grass root defenders. It’s regulation enforcements responsibility to create an surroundings by which folks with a felony bent don’t really feel snug to function. The Beat officer should act as a deterrent in stopping felony exercise. 🙏 @CPMumbaiPolice
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) January 16, 2025
Native police, she mentioned, is our first line of defence. “Native police are our first preventers/grass root defenders. It’s regulation enforcement’s responsibility to create an surroundings by which folks with a felony bent don’t really feel snug to function. The Beat officer should act as a deterrent in stopping felony exercise,” she added.
Mr Khan was attacked at his residence late final night time throughout an tried housebreaking. Whereas the attacker managed to flee, Mr Khan was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital with stab accidents. He has been operated upon and is learnt to be out of hazard.
Mumbai Police, on the again foot after the assault, mentioned it’s investigating the incident. “An unidentified individual intruded within the residence of Actor Saif Ali Khan. The actor and the intruder had a scuffle. The actor is injured and is being handled. Investigation is happening,” police have mentioned in a press release.
Opposition events Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) have slammed the Devendra Fadnavis authorities and questioned how secure peculiar individuals are if celebrities had been being attacked on this method.