Saif Ali Khan attack: Everything we know about the suspect in Bollywood star stabbing
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Actor suffered injuries close to his spine and neck but is now stable. Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was recovering and out of danger following surgery at a Mumbai hospital after he was stabbed by a suspected burglar who entered his home in the early hours of Thursday.
![[Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's mother, Sharmila Tagore, and sister, Soha Ali Khan, leave Lilavati Hospital, where Saif underwent surgery]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/05/2025-01-16T171003Z_1309738495_RC22BCABKKGF_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-CRIME-SAIF-ALI-KHAN.jpg)
The incident reportedly took place around 2.30am while the actor, 54, was sleeping. His wife, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, 44, and sons Taimur, 7, and Jeh, 3, were also present in the house at the time of the incident but were unhurt, according to media reports.
![[The residential building that houses the home of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan where he was stabbed]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/16/11/450fbb4c27a94e2c9d545852604a877e.jpg)
Son of cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actor Sharmila Tagore, Khan belongs to a family of erstwhile nawabs of the former princely state of Pataudi in the state of Haryana. He debuted in 1993, and has gone on to star in over 60 films, including the critically-acclaimed Omkara (2006), a Hindi-language adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello.
![[Mumbai police personnel stand inside the premises of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's house]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/05/2193559213.jpg)
Khan was rushed to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital where he underwent surgery, with injuries close to his spine and neck, and is now stable and recovering. Doctors at the hospital confirmed to Indian media that a small piece of a knife, about 2.5-inch long, used by the assailant had become lodged in his spine. The surgery to remove it was successful. A statement from the actor’s team, post surgery, stated that he was “in recovery and the doctors are monitoring his progress. All family members are safe and the police are investigating the incident”.
