Saif Ali Khan Discharged From Hospital; Cops Arrive to Record Actor's Statement
Saif Ali Khan had sustained 6 injuries during an attack from an intruder at his Bandra home on 16 January.
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Actor Saif Ali Khan was discharged from Lilavati Hospital on Tuesday (21 January) where he underwent surgery after being grievously injured by an intruder at his Bandra home on 16 January.
The actor is accompanied by his mother, veteran actor Sharmila Tagore, NDTV reported. Actor Kareena Kapoor was also spotted leaving the hospital on Tuesday.
Kareena Kapoor spotted outside Lilavati Hospital.
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Saif Ali Khan was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.
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In visuals taken outside his residence, the actor can be seen with a cast on his hand and bandages on his neck. He stopped to greet the people gathered near his house before stepping inside.
Mumbai police reportedly reached the actor's residence on Wednesday (22 January) to record his statement.
Saba Pataudi Thanks 'Unsung Heroes'
On Tuesday, Saif Ali Khan’s sister Saba Pataudi shared a couple of pictures with Jeh’s nanny Eliyama Philip and another member of the staff expressing her gratitude.
“The unsung heroes... who literally pulled their weight when it mattered most! Bless you both n ALL those who contributed in keeping my brother n his family safe! You are the BEST. (sic),” Pataudi wrote.
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Philip, in her statement to the cops, had stated that she first became aware of an intruder in the house when she saw a man enter the kids’ room. When she intervened, the intruder attacked her, allegedly with a hexa blade, leading to injuries on her hands.
What Saif Ali Khan’s Doctors Have Said
Saif Ali Khan reached Lilavati in the early hours of Thursday (16 January) with a member of his staff and his son Taimur. He had reportedly been stabbed six times by the intruder in what the cops believe was an attempted robbery.
Saif Ali Khan arrived at his residence on Tuesday with a cast on his hand.
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Saif Ali Khan was stabbed six times when an intruder entered his Bandra house on 16 January.
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On Friday, Dr Niraj Uttamani, COO at Lilavati Hospital,told the media that Saif’s parameters had improved and he would be shifted out of the ICU.
The actor sustained an injury to the thoracic spinal cord and a 2.5-inch-long knife fragment was removed during surgery and a leak of spinal fluid was also repaired.
“There were two injuries on his hand and one was in the neck which has been cured by plastic surgery. I have operated the spine and taken out the sharp object in the spine. Saif Ali Khan is better now. We have started his normal diet and he is speaking and moving. We made him walk, and he walked well. He has been shifted from the ICU to the normal ward," Dr Nitin Dange, Chief Neurosurgeon Lilavati Hospital, told the media.
The doctors further stated that the actor was ‘very fortunate’ because the ‘sharp object had gone very deep but it did not damage the spinal cord’.
They clarified that the actor was advised bed rest for a week and asked to not receive visitors to reduce the chance of infection.
Mumbai Police Arrested Accused in Thane; Court Granted 5-Day Custody
Mumbai police arrested the prime accused in the case on Sunday (19 January), three days after the attack, and identified the accused as 30-year-old Mohammad Shariful Islam.
"Preliminary evidence suggests that the accused is of Bangladeshi origin. He entered India illegally and changed his name. He was using Vijay Das as an alias,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone 9 Dixit Gedam said during a press briefing on Sunday.
The police sought 14 days of custody of the accused in a remand application filed in a Bandra court while alleging that custodial interrogation was required to determine if the accused acted alone or was instigated to commit the crime, a report in Indian Express stated.
Meanwhile, the accused’s lawyer, Sandeep Shekhane, claimed that the accused has been in Mumbai for the last seven years and has family in the city, adding that he has denied the ‘attempt to murder’ allegations, ANI reported.
The cops believe that Islam scaled the wall of an adjacent building before entering the actor’s building through a rare staircase, NDTV reported. The suspect was seen on CCTV entering and exiting the building from the fire escape.
Islam was later seen at Bandra station and was captured in a shop’s CCTV footage in Dadar buying a phone cover, before purportedly going towards Kabutarkhana.
A report in Indian Express stated that the cops tracked the accused to a labour camp in Thane. Islam had purchased food with a UPI transaction and the cops obtained the details of the same from the shop owner.