Mumbai:
Days after Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed a number of instances inside his Mumbai dwelling, a suspect has been detained in Chhattisgarh. The 54-year-old actor suffered a number of stab wounds, together with on his neck and close to the backbone, after an intruder entered his upscale Bandra dwelling and attacked him within the early hours of Thursday.
The suspect, recognized as Sandeep – alias Akash – has been detained at Durg railway station.
Sources within the Railway Safety Drive (RPF) have claimed that the suspect was “caught from the Mumbai-Howrah Jnaneswari Specific on the lead of the Mumbai Police. Round 2 pm, when the prepare reached Durg, the suspect – who was sitting within the basic compartment – deboarded and was instantly taken into custody. He’s being interrogated”. “The Mumbai Police had despatched the suspect’s picture, prepare quantity and placement to the RPF, after which he was caught. He’s at the moment within the RPF custody,” they added.
The Mumbai Police have been knowledgeable concerning the matter, and a police staff is en path to Durg to verify whether or not the detained particular person is the particular person concerned within the incident or another person. They are going to attain Durg round 9 pm, the sources stated.
The actor was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in an autorickshaw the place he underwent emergency surgical procedure. A 2.5-inch piece of the blade was faraway from his backbone after a five-hour-long surgical procedure. Saif Ali Khan – who was stabbed six instances – is recovering nicely, medical doctors treating him stated.
The intruder was seen twice contained in the constructing – the place Mr Khan lives together with his actor spouse Kareena Kapoor Khan and sons Taimur and Jeh – whereas taking the steps to achieve and flee his condo. His face was captured in CCTV footage which surfaced on Thursday, which confirmed him carrying a pink scarf and carrying a backpack, scurrying down the steps at round 2.30 am.
Later within the day, he was spotted at Bandra railway station. In one other picture, he was seen on the Dadar railway station. It was suspected that he had taken a prepare out of Mumbai.
Yesterday, some studies claimed that the attacker had been arrested after the police detained a person for questioning. Nonetheless, an official refuted the declare and stated the person in query is a carpenter by career and had labored on the actor’s dwelling two days earlier than the stabbing incident.
Waris Ali Salmani had labored on the actor’s flat two days earlier than the incident and was knowledgeable concerning the assault by the contractor who had employed him for the carpentry project, the official stated.
Hours after questioning, police took him to an undisclosed location, he stated.
Kareena Kapoor Khan recorded her assertion with the Mumbai Police final night time, recalling that she noticed the intruder stab Mr Khan repeatedly. “The attacker was aggressive. I noticed him assault Saif repeatedly…Our precedence was to take Saif to the hospital,” she stated.
She additionally talked about that he fled with out taking any valuables with him.
Ms Kapoor Khan additionally talked about that she went to her sister Karisma’s home after Saif Ali Khan was taken to the hospital as she was “terrified”. In a video, Kareena Kapoor Khan was seen speaking to her home workers standing subsequent to the autorickshaw.
“After the assault, I used to be terrified, so Karisma took me to her home,” she stated.
Greater than 30 groups have been shaped to trace down and catch the attacker. Maharashtra Minister of State for Residence (City) Yogesh Kadam stated theft was the motive behind the incident and clarified no underworld gang was concerned within the knife assault.