NEW DELHI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a suspect in Chattisgarh on Saturday Durg Railway Station in connection with the stabbing attack on Saif Ali Khan at his home in Mumbai earlier this week.
The arrested suspect, Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was traveling on the Jnaneshwari Express from Mumbai LTT to Kolkata Shalimar.
The Mumbai Police on Saturday afternoon alerted the RPF Post Durg about the presence of the suspect in the train and provided his mobile phone location and photo.
Two teams positioned at the Durg station managed to locate the suspect in the front general compartment and his identity was confirmed after his photo was sent to the Mumbai Police for verification. A team from Mumbai Police will arrive in Raipur to arrest the suspect.
“A suspect Aakash Kanojia was arrested from Durg, Chhattisgarh. Information about this suspect was received from the Assistant Police Inspector of Juhu Police Station, Mumbai Police that a suspect was traveling by Jnaneswari train Express and he shared the photo of the suspect The suspect was being brought to the Durg station of the RPF and the Mumbai Police officials were contacted through a video call. A team from the Mumbai Police will reach Raipur. today to take charge of the suspect,” said Munawar Khursheed, IG RPF. SECR Area, Bilaspur.
“Actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked a few days ago and the suspect was arrested from Durg by the RPF. Mumbai police are coming and the suspect will be handed over to them,” Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai said.
The suspect was previously captured on CCTV footage walking down a flight of stairs in the actor’s building. In another CCTV footage, he was seen buying headphones from an electronics store.
Khan, 54, a leading Bollywood actor, suffered multiple stab wounds during an attempted robbery at his 12th floor residence in Mumbai’s Bandra area early Thursday morning. However, doctors announced that he was now out of danger and would be discharged soon.
