NEW DELHI: Mumbai police on Sunday arrested a man accused of stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his house.
The accused was arrested in Thane three days after attacking the actor, news agency ANI reported citing Mumbai Police.
Less than 24 hours after Khan was stabbed multiple times in his Bandra apartment, a CCTV image emerged showing the attacker fleeing the stairs after the incident.
The attacker, who stabbed Saif Ali Khan inside his 12th floor apartment in Bandra, was seen on the stairs of the sixth floor in the CCTV footage.
Earlier on Saturday, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a suspect at Chattisgarh’s Durg railway station in connection with the knife attack on Saif Ali Khan at his house in Mumbai earlier this week.
The suspect arrested, Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was traveling on the Jnaneshwari Express from Mumbai LTT to Kolkata Shalimar.
The suspect had previously been captured on CCTV footage descending a staircase in the actor’s building. In another CCTV footage, he was seen purchasing headphones at an electronics store.
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan underwent surgery in Mumbai on Thursday Lilavati Hospital to remove a part of a broken knife lodged near his spinal cord after being stabbed repeatedly by an intruder in his bandra residence.
Khan, 54, a prominent Bollywood actor, suffered multiple stab wounds during a robbery attempt at his 12th floor residence in Mumbai’s Bandra area early Thursday morning. However, doctors have announced that he is out of danger and will soon be discharged.