Mumbai:
Days after Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed a number of instances inside his Mumbai residence, 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 residence and attacked him within the early hours of Thursday.
The suspect, recognized as 31-year-old Aakash Kailash Kannojia, has been detained at Durg railway station.
Sources within the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have claimed that the suspect was “caught from the Mumbai-Howrah Jnaneswari Express on the lead of the Mumbai Police.Around 2 pm, when the practice reached Durg, the suspect – who was sitting within the basic compartment – deboarded and was instantly taken into custody. He is being interrogated”. “The Mumbai Police had despatched the suspect’s photograph, practice quantity and placement to the RPF, after which he was caught. He is at the moment in RPF’s custody,” they added.
The suspect was made to speak with Mumbai Police officers via video name. A police group from Mumbai is en path to Durg to verify whether or not the detained particular person is the individual concerned within the incident or another person. It will attain Durg round 8 pm, the sources mentioned.
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 properly, medical doctors treating him mentioned.
The intruder was seen twice contained in the constructing – the place Mr Khan lives along with his actor spouse Kareena Kapoor Khan and sons Taimur and Jeh – whereas taking the steps to succeed in and flee his residence. His face was captured in CCTV footage which surfaced on Thursday, which confirmed him sporting a purple scarf and carrying a backpack, scurrying down the steps at round 2.30 am.
Later within the day, he was noticed at Bandra railway station. In one other photograph, he was seen on the Dadar railway station. It was suspected that he had taken a practice out of Mumbai.
Yesterday, some studies claimed that the attacker had been arrested after the police detained a person for questioning. However, an official refuted the declare and mentioned the person in query is a carpenter by career and had labored on the actor’s residence 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 in regards to the assault by the contractor who had employed him for the carpentry task, the official mentioned.
Hours after questioning, police took him to an undisclosed location, he mentioned.
Kareena Kapoor Khan recorded her assertion with the Mumbai Police final evening, 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 mentioned.
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 mentioned.
More than 30 groups have been fashioned to trace down and catch the attacker. Maharashtra Minister of State for Home (Urban) Yogesh Kadam mentioned theft was the motive behind the incident and clarified no underworld gang was concerned within the knife assault.