Saif Ali Khan was injured after an intruder entered his and Kareena Kapoor’s home in Mumbai’s Bandra. The actor is undergoing emergency surgery.
Mumbai: Actor Saif Ali Khan was injured after a robber barged into his and wife Kareena Kapoor’s residence at Bandra (west) and allegedly stabbed him. The incident occurred around 2:30 am on Thursday when the actor was sleeping in his house along with his other family members.
The police said the robber fled from the scene after occupants of the house woke up and police are trying to trace him. The Bandra police are in the process of registering an FIR and several police teams have been formed to nab the culprit.
Police comment
A senior IPS officer confirmed the incident and said, “Saif Ali Khan has been admitted to the Lilavati hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. It is not clear yet, if he is stabbed or injured in the scuffle with the robber. We have been investigating the matter. The Mumbai crime branch is also conducting a parallel investigation into the incident.”
Details of his injuries
Dr Niraj Uttamani, COO of Lilavati Hospital, said, “Saif was attacked by an unidentified person in his house. He was brought in at 3:30 am in Lilavati. He has six injuries, two of which are deeper. One of the injuries is closer to his spine. We are operating on him. He is being operated upon by Neurosurgeon Nitin Dange, cosmetic surgeon Leena Jain, and anaesthetist Nisha Gandhi. We will be tell the extent of the damage only after the surgery is done.”
Dr Uttamani also said that there is another injury on Saif’s neck and that is also being evaluated. He said that surgery started at 5.30 am and still being done.
A doctor at Leelavati Hospital, who sought anonymity, told HT that the doctors found a piece of knife in the body and the doctors are still examining the extent of damage. However, the actor is able to move his limbs, which shows that the spine is ok.
Lilavati Hospital sources said that one injury was deep and has received 10 stitches for this stab, but it did not affect his spine. “He was very lucky that the stabs have not affected any vital organs. It appears to have been attacked by knife and he was thwarting off a robbery attempt. Two injuries are deep, two are mid and two are superficial.”
The actor’s family is with him at the hospital. Kareena and Saif, who have been married since 2012, live in the Satguru Sharan building in Mumbai’s Bandra West. The couple’s two sons – Taimur (8) and Jeh (4) – also live with them.
