Saif Ali Khan's Attacker First CCTV Video Surfaces, Accused Seen On Staircase

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's attacker first CCTV visual has surfaced, hours after the accused seriously injured him by stabbing 6 times at his residence. According to police, Saif Ali Khan was attacked after he spotted and confronted an intruder who entered his residence in Mumbai's Bandra with a motive of robbery. In the video released by the police captured in neighbours CCTV camera and accessed by Republic Media Network, the accused is seen on the staircase and it appears that he's trying to escape after seriously injuring the actor.

In an upsetting incident, Saif Ali Khan was attacked by an intruder at his Bandra residence who stabbed him 6 times. Reportedly, the crime took place when one of the house help at the actor's residence spotted the intruder and raised an alarm. Saif Ali Khan took this into notice and confronted the intruder who ended up injuring him seriously by stabbing 6 times. 

Saif rushed to hospital in auto post Wednesday midnight

Saif was then rushed to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital in an auto by son Ibrahim as no cars were available to take him to the hospital. These turn of events happened between 2-3 AM.

Saif Ali Khan out of danger 

According to Lilavati Hospital doctors, Saif Ali Khan underwent a surgery during which the doctors removed a 2.5 inch knife from the spinal cord. The medical bulletin said Saif has suffered thoracic spinal cord injury but is out of danger, stable and recovering well.

Accused motive behind trespassing Saif's house unknown  

The motive of the accused to trespass Saif Ali Khan's residence is not known at the moment. The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR into the case and further investigation is underway.

Mumbai Police forms 20 teams to nab accused  

Mumbai police has formed 20 teams to search for accused who attacked Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence.

Earlier today, Mumbai's Bandra Police registered an FIR regarding the attack on the actor, and recorded the statement of the complainant, who is the maid employed by the actor. In the statement, it has been alleged that the attacker demanded one crore rupees and attacked both the house help and afterwards Saif Ali Khan.

Accused demanded Rs 1 crore

In the complaint it is alleged that the attacker demanded one crore rupees from the family. According to the complainant, the intruder attacked her allegedly with a hexa blade, which hit both her hands.

"He ran towards me with something like wood in his left hand and a long thin hexa blade in his right hand, during the scuffle he tried to attack me with the blade, when I tried to protect myself by moving my hand forward, something like a knife hit my wrist near both my hands and the middle finger of my left hand. At that time I asked him "What do you want" then he said "I need money, I asked how much." Then he said in English "One crore"," the statement read.

In the recorded statement, the house help mentioned that the incident happened at 2 AM on January 16.

"When I looked again I saw a shadow at the bathroom door, and as I bent down to see who might be inside, one person came out and went towards their (Saif Ali Khan's) son," the statement added.

Talking about the exact time of Saif Ali Khan being attacked, the statement mentioned that the intruder attacked the actor with a wooden object and a hexa blade.

It added, “He attacked Saif with a wooden object in her hand and a hexa blade... We all ran out of the room and pulled the door and then we all ran towards him. Hearing the sound, Ramesh, Hari, Ramu and Paswan who were sleeping came out. When we took him to the room again, the door of the room was open.”

According to the report, the Bollywood actor sustained injuries on the back of the beck, near his right shoulder, near the wrist and elbow of his left hand. Additionally, injuries on his right wrist, back and face were recorded as well.

The complaint record mentioned that the attacker might have been around 35-40 years old, has a dark complexion, thin body and was seen wearing dark coloured pants, a shirt and a cap on his head.

With inputs from ANI