Actor Saif Ali Khan injured after being attacked in Mumbai home, taken to hospital

Hindi film actor Saif Ali Khan was injured in a knife attack by an intruder at his home in Mumbai on Thursday, PTI reported. He was taken to hospital.

An unknown person, suspected to be a robber, entered Khan’s home and had an altercation with the actor’s domestic worker. When Khan tried to intervene, he was attacked by the man, The Times of India quoted Mumbai Police as saying.

The domestic worker was also injured in the incident, The Hindu quoted the police as saying.

The suspect fled after the attack. The police have released an image of the suspect captured on the closed-circuit television camera.

Attack on actor #SaifAliKhan | A suspect in the attack on the actor, captured on CCTV camera. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/0gUUVgQ9F0— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2025

A first information report has been registered against the intruder at the Bandra police station in Mumbai. Deputy Commissioner of Police Dixit Gedam said that the intruder used a fire escape staircase to enter Khan’s home, ANI reported.

“We working to arrest the accused,” the official said. “Ten detection teams are working on the case.”

The actor was brought to the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra at 3.30 am.

Khan, 54, sustained three serious injuries on his neck, back and waist, said Dr Niraj Uttamani, the hospital’s medical administrator. There were other minor cuts.

“We conducted a neurosurgery on the...

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