- Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The 54-year-old actor suffered multiple stab injuries during a burglary attempt at his house on January 16 and underwent emergency surgery
By: India Weekly
ACTOR Saif Ali Khan was discharged from Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday (21), five days after he was repeatedly stabbed by an intruder at his house in upscale Bandra.
The 54-year-old actor, who suffered multiple stab injuries in the attack in the early hours of January 16 underwent emergency surgery at the hospital.
Doctors had earlier said that Khan had three injuries, two on the hand and one on the right side of the neck, and the major part was at the back, which was in the spine.
Doctors removed the sharp object that was lodged in the spine and repaired the injury.
Khan recovered well and was shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) on January 17 to a special room.
Police on Sunday (19) arrested Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30) from neighbouring Thane city for the stabbing incident.
Crime scene recreated
Mumbai police on Tuesday (21) recreated the crime scene with the accused at the actor’s Bandra residence, an official said.
A team of 20 officials reached the Satguru Sharan building in four police vans around 5.30 am and were on the premises for an hour, the official said.
He said the police team entered the building through the front gate with the accused, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir.
Later, they also took him to the Bandra railway station, from where he had taken a train to Dadar, and to a place outside a garden where he had slept after the attack.
The official said after recreating the crime scene and going to places the accused had visited while on the run, Fakir was brought back to Bandra police station, where officials will interrogate him.
The metropolitan magistrate’s court in Bandra has remanded the accused in five-day police custody.
Illegal stay
Fakir was staying in India illegally after changing his name to Vijay Das.
According to the police, Fakir crossed the Dawki River to enter India illegally seven months ago.
An official said the accused stayed for a few weeks in West Bengal and used the Aadhaar card of a local man to procure a SIM card before moving to Mumbai in search of a job.
He said the preliminary probe revealed that the SIM card used by the accused was registered in the name of one Khukumoni Jahangir Sekha of West Bengal.
The official said Fakir also tried to get an Aadhaar card for himself but failed.
He said in Mumbai, the accused chose to work at places where he didn’t need to furnish documents, and labour contractor Amit Pandey helped him get housekeeping work in pubs and hotels in Worli and Thane.
On examining Fakir’s cellphone, the police found he had made several calls to Bangladesh and used mobile applications to make calls to his family in the neighbouring country. (PTI)
