Back to his feet – Saif walks out of hospital 5 days post knife attack

Actor exits Mumbai hospital after multiple stab injuries, following emergency surgeries, five days after a violent attack at his apartment

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai hospital, five days after he was stabbed repeatedly by a Bangladeshi national inside his 12th floor apartment in Bandra, necessitating surgery.

Clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, the 54-year-old actor, who sported dark goggles, was seen waving at the media and fans, as he stepped out of the Lilavati Hospital. Saif was seen with a cast on his hand as he walked briskly to a waiting black vehicle, accompanied by security personnel.

His wife, actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, was also seen at the hospital shortly before he was discharged. Saif reached his ‘Satguru Sharan’ residence in Bandra, located at a short distance from the hospital.

The actor, who suffered multiple stab injuries in the attack by an intruder at his 12th floor home in the early hours of January 16, underwent an emergency surgery at the hospital soon after he was admitted.

Doctors had earlier said 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. They removed the sharp object that was lodged in the spine and repaired the injury.

He underwent two critical procedures during his hospital stay — neurosurgery and plastic surgery.

Khan recovered well and was shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) on January 17 to a special room.

Police on Sunday arrested Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir (30) from neighbouring Thane city for the attack on the actor.

Fakir told the police that he stabbed the actor in his back multiple times to free himself from his tight grip, an official said. After the attack, the intruder escaped from Khan’s flat, and hid in the garden of the building for around two hours, the official said.

“The accused entered the actor’s flat from the bathroom window with the intention of theft. After he entered the house, the actor’s staff spotted him and started arguing with him. Soon, Saif Ali Khan came there and sensing a threat, he held the accused tightly from the front,” the official said.

Later, Khan locked the main door of his flat assuming that the attacker was still inside. However, the accused managed to flee using the same route through which he had entered, the official said.

The police earlier said that the fingerprints of the accused have been found at the crime scene, including the bathroom window from where he entered and exited, the duct shaft and the ladder he used to enter from the duct. Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused arrested, an official said.