Khan is currently undergoing surgery after being stabbed six times while police search for the suspect.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed after an intruder broke into his home in Mumbai.
Khan, 54, was taken to a nearby hospital in Mumbai around 3:30 a.m. (2200 GMT Wednesday) with six injuries, two deeper than the others and one near the spine, news agency ANI reported, citing the hospital’s chief operating officer.
Khan’s publicists also confirmed the incident, calling it an “attempted burglary”, adding that “the rest of the family is fine”.
Later on Thursday, senior police officer Gedam Dixit told the Reuters news agency that the actor was out of danger.
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An employee at their home was also assaulted and treated, police said.
It is scary to think that an intruder enters the apartment and stabs the tenant! Many questions about how this can happen, but first all our prayers with #SaifAliKhan and his family.
— Saba Naqvi (@_sabanaqvi) January 16, 2025
Khan lives in an apartment in Mumbai’s western suburb of Bandra, along with his wife Kareena Kapoor-Khan, who is also an actress, and their two children.
According to news agency NDTVpolice were still looking for the suspect and launched an investigation into the attack.
Khan is among the country’s highest-grossing actors, having acted in more than 70 films and television series, some as a producer. He is the son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore.
‘So insecure’
Messages of solidarity and prayers poured in on social media, including from fans, politicians and Khan’s Bollywood colleagues.
“I am shocked and saddened to hear about the attack on Saif, sir. We wish and pray for his speedy recovery and good health,” actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr aka NTR Jr posted on X.
Celebrities, opposition leaders and other public figures have also called for increased security measures.
“If such high profile people with… insurance can be attacked in their own homes, what could happen to ordinary citizens?” Clyde Crasto, a spokesman for the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, said on social media.
Actor-director Pooja Bhatt also called for a greater police presence in the suburb, home to many in the film industry.
“The city, and especially the queen of the suburbs, has never felt so unsafe before,” she posted on X, using a popular description for the trendy area.
