Saif Ali Khan attacked: The police have detained two individuals from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, two days after Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked in his luxurious Bandra duplex in Mumbai. Police are yet to reveal if the suspect is the man who attacked the actor early Thursday morning.
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The first suspect was taken into custody by Mumbai Police in Madhya Pradesh earlier in the day and is currently being questioned by the authorities.
The second suspect was detained in a parallel operation from Chhattisgarh. The suspect Aakash Kanojia was detained from Durg. Information about this suspect was received from Assistant Police Inspector Juhu Police Station, Mumbai Police that a suspect is travelling by Jnaneswari Express train and he shared the photo of the suspect.
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai told ANI, "Actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked some days ago and the suspect has been caught from Durg by RPF. Mumbai Police is coming and the suspect will be handed over to them."
Note: None of the suspects have been confirmed to be the attacker in Saif Ali Khan knife attack case.
On Friday, the Mumbai Police had detained one man as a suspect in the Saif Ali Khan knife attack case. However, later in the day, it was revealed that the detained individual was released after it was determined that he had no hand in the knife attack.
The man held on Friday was a carpenter who had worked at the Khan-Kapoor household two days before the knife attack.
Meanwhile, the auto-rickshaw driver who rushed Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan to the hospital was called by the Mumbai Police for questioning on Saturday.
Bhajan Singh told news agency ANI that he was called to the Bandra police station for questioning. He stated that he has not been contacted by Kareena Kapoor or anyone else so far.
"I was called there (Bandra Police Station) for questioning...I did not think about money that night...I have not been contacted by Kareena Kapoor or anyone else so far. I have not had any conversation with them," Bhajan Singh said.
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, currently recuperating at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai after suffering injuries in the attack, had recently wrapped up filming for his next movie “Jewel Thief - The Red Sun Chapter” and has a few other projects lined up.
The 54-year-old actor suffered multiple stab wounds, including on his neck and near the spine, in the brutal attack at his house in Bandra in the early hours of Thursday. He was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Saif Ali Khan was most recently seen in Jr NTR's "Devara: Part 1", which was released in theatres across the country in September 2024.
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