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Saif Ali Khan attacked: Railway police detains suspect in Chhattisgarh
A team from Mumbai Police will reach Raipur today to take charge of the suspect.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has detained a suspect in Chhattisgarh in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case.
The suspect, Aakash Kanojia, was detained from Durg, Chhattisgarh. A team from Mumbai Police will reach Raipur today to take charge of the suspect.
However, as per the prima facie investigation, he does not match the description of the accused in the case.
“A suspect Aakash Kanojia has been detained from Durg, Chhattisgarh. Information about this suspect was received from Assistant Police Inspector Juhu Police Station, Mumbai Police that a suspect is travelling by Jnaneswari Express train and he shared the photo of the suspect,” Munawar Khursheed, IG RPF, Bilaspur said, according to ANI. “The suspect was brought to Durg RPF post and Mumbai Police officials were contacted through video call. A team of Mumbai Police will reach Raipur today to take the charge of the suspect.”
The intruder stabbed Saif Ali Khan at least six times as the actor confronted him to protect his family and staff. He sustained several injuries, including a wound near his spine.
Khan was whisked away to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. After a long surgery, the doctors said he would make a full recovery. One of the doctors who treated him said he could have sustained a major spinal injury had the knife lodged 2 mm further into his back.
The police claim that the sole purpose of the intrusion was burglary. Saif Ali Khan's son Jeh's Nanny also told the police that the intruder demanded ₹1 crore.
The intruder, believed to be aged around 40, was seen climbing the staircase to Khan's 12th-floor apartment.
The Crime Branch also collected CCTV footage from a mobile shop in Dadar visited by the alleged suspect to purchase earphones after stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan at his apartment.
The suspect had visited the shop, "Iqra".
"He (the suspect) visited my shop and purchased an earphone for ₹50. He gave me ₹100, I returned him ₹50 and he left the shop. Some police officials came to the shop yesterday (Friday) and took away the CCTV footage. They enquired about the person (suspect). I wasn't aware of what he had done," Hasan, who works at the shop, told PTI Videos.
"My boy who works here told me that he gave earphones to him (alleged suspect) and later he. Some police officials came and took the CCTV footage yesterday," said the shop owner, Shakir.
The Maharashtra government has ruled out the possibility of the involvement of a gang in the crime.
