Mumbai:
Another CCTV footage of the suspect who attacked Saif Ali Khan at the actor’s Mumbai home has surfaced, sources said.
The timestamp of the CCTV capture indicated that the suspect was running away after attacking the actor with a knife.
Later, the same suspect was seen wearing new clothes – a blue shirt – at Bandra railway station, sources said.
Saif Ali Khan, 54, is being treated at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, where he was taken by his son after an intruder attacked him in the early hours of Thursday. He suffered multiple injuries. The Mumbai Police recorded the statement of his wife and actress Kareena Kapoor Khan.
“We are observing his progress and he is doing very well as per our expectations. Based on his progress, we have advised him to stay on bed rest and if he feels comfortable, we will release him in two to three days” , said Dr Nitin Dange. , neurosurgeon at Lilavati Hospital, adding that a team of doctors examined him and made him walk.
The actor is fit to be removed from the intensive care unit (ICU) and “we are shifting him to a special room”, said the neurosurgeon, who led the team of doctors who operated on Saif Ali Khan.
“Khan had three wounds, two in his hand and one in the right side of the neck. And most of it was in the back, that is in the spine, which we call the thoracic spine. An object sharp was lodged inside, which went very deep, touching the dura mater and spinal cord, but it did not damage the spinal cord,” Dr. Dange said.
Medics removed the sharp object, the doctor said.
Other CCTV footage taken from the stairs of Saif Ali Khan’s home clearly showed the suspect wearing a red scarf and carrying a backpack. The suspect ran down the stairs of the sixth floor of the “Satguru Sharan” building, where the Khans live, at 2:30 a.m.
No one has yet been arrested. More than 30 teams were formed to find and arrest the suspect.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Home (Urban) Yogesh Kadam said robbery was the motive behind the attack, adding that no underworld gang was involved.
