Saif Ali Khan stabbed: Robber sought ₹1 crore before attacking actor, say reports

Hours after Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times by a burglar at his Bandra home in Mumbai, India Today reported that the burglar threatened house helps and demanded ₹1 crore before attacking the actor. The severely injured actor is undergoing treatment at Lilavati Hospital.

According to the report, after hearing the commotion between the burglar and the house helps, Saif Ali Khan rushed to the room and was injured in a scuffle with the intruder.

The incident took place at around 2.30 am on Thursday at Saif's apartment on the 12th floor of a luxury building in Mumbai.

In the statements to the Bandra Police, Saif Ali Khan's housemaid stated that she noticed a shadow near the bathroom. Though she thought it was Kareena Kapoor checking on their younger son, she grew suspicious and moved closer to investigate.

Soon, a man aged between 35 and 40 attacked her and threatened her with a sharp weapon, ordering her to remain quiet. Following this, a second housemaid arrived. On being asked what he wanted, the burglar demanded ₹1 crore.

Saif, after hearing the altercation, descended from his room and confronted the intruder. But during the physical struggle, Saif sustained injuries at six different spots on his body. The sharp weapon broke and remained lodged in his body, added the report.

With Saif injured and no driver at the time, his family called his son Ibrahim Ali Khan for help. Both Ibrahim and his sister - residing on the 8th floor – reached the 12th floor, and then they rushed Saif to Lilavati Hospital in an auto-rickshaw. Incidentally, none of them knew how to operate the family’s automatic electric vehicle.

Bollywood actor ‘out of danger’

Saif underwent surgery and is now in stable condition.

The Lilavati Hospital doctors treating Saif Ali Khan informed that a ‘2.5-inch knife piece’ was removed from the Bollywood actor's body. Further, his ‘leaking spinal fluid’ was also repaired, informed the doctors.

Dr Nitin Dange, a consultant neurosurgeon treating Saif Ali Khan, said that plastic surgery was also performed on Saif Ali Khan's hand and neck, where he was stabbed.

“Saif Ali Khan was admitted to the hospital at 3.30 am with alleged history of assault by some unknown person. He sustained a major injury to the thoracic spinal cord due to a lodged knife in the spine. A surgery was performed to remove the knife and repair leaking spinal fluid,” the doctor informed reporters.