Devendra Fadnavis on Saif Ali Khan Stabbing: ‘Mumbai Not Unsafe’

Devendra Fadnavis on Saif Ali Khan Stabbing: The Maharashtra chief minister declared the stabbing attack on Saif Ali Khan to be serious, but he added that it was incorrect to dub Mumbai an unsafe city.

“Mumbai is the safest mega city in country. The incident is serious but wrong to brand city as unsafe,” PTI quoted the chief minister as saying.

Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in the early hours of Thursday, at close to 3 am, by an intruder in his apartment. He is currently receiving treatment at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai.

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“The incident must be taken seriously. The government will take steps to make Mumbai safer,” Fadnavis added.

“Police have given you all the details regarding this. What kind of attack is this, what is actually behind this and what was the intention behind the attack is all before you,” he added.

Through the CCTV footage, in a shocking turn of events, the Mumbai Police have traced the intruder who stabbed Saif Ali Khan in his Bandra home.

The police have stated that, according to preliminary investigations, the intruder did not forcibly enter or break into the actor's 12th-floor flat in the Satguru Sharan building, but may have entered through other means at some point earlier in the night.

After stabbing Khan, the intruder made his escape using the stairs. He has been traced on the sixth floor, as per PTI police sources.

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Khan's house help, who raised the alarm, received a minor injury during a scuffle. She later complained to police about the alleged attempted murder and trespassing.

Neurosurgeon at the Lilavati Hospital, Dr. Nitin Dange, confirmed that Khan suffered a major injury to his "thoracic spine."

"He sustained a major injury to his thoracic spine due to a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was performed to remove the knife and also to repair the leaking spinal fluid. There were two other deep wounds on his left hand and right side of the neck which were repaired by the plastic surgery team," he said.

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