Saif Ali Khan discharged from Lilavati hospital 5 days after knife attack

The 54-year-old actor suffered multiple stab injuries in the attack and was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of January 16.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was discharged from the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday after 5 days of admission. He walked into the hospital in the wee hours of Thursday, January 16, after a Bangladeshi intruder, who had entered his apartment with the intention of robbery, stabbed him multiple times. 

The 54-year-old actor was then rushed to the hospital where he immediately underwent emergency surgery. During the surgery, doctors removed a 2.5-inch sharp object that was lodged in the spine and repaired the injury.

Khan sustained at least six stab wounds including one on his spine, for which he had to be operated upon.

Saif Ali Khan (54), the 10th Nawab of Pataudi, waved at his fans and showed thumbs-up gesture, as he entered his apartment-complex in the upscale Bandra West locality after nearly six days of hospitalisation, during which he underwent a surgery to remove a piece of the knife which was lodged in his spine. 

Donning a white shirt and blue denims, Khan was smiling and appeared fit - though he would take a few weeks to restart his film assignments and other films on the floor.

As he drove from the Lilavati Hospital to his duplex apartments in Satguru Sharan building - there was a tight ring of security involving Mumbai Police personnel and private security guards. 

According to reports, Saif Ali Khan, his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan and their sons Taimur and Jehangir were at home when the stabbing incident took place.

The attack took place in Satguru Sharan apartments, the 12-storey building in the posh Bandra locality that houses the actor's four-floor residence. 

Responding well to the surgery, Saif was shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) on January 17 to a special room where he was kept for observation. Visuals of his family and relatives visiting Saif at the hospital were doing rounds online, and several media reports suggest Saif is recovering well.

On the other hand, security at Saif Ali Khan’s residence has been heightened. Visuals of CCTV cameras getting placed are doing rounds online. During the investigation, the case involved serious security lapses as no surveillance cameras were installed in the area.

Saif is likely to be put on rest for a minimum of two weeks before resuming any sort of work. It is also alleged that police might visit him at his home to record a statement.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai police arrested accused Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, a Bangladeshi national, on Sunday for the stabbing incident from Thane. Reportedly, he was staying in India illegally after changing his name to Vijay Das. The metropolitan magistrate's court in Bandra remanded him in five-day police custody.

In the next few days, the police will record the statement of Khan.

The police have already recreated the crime scene and collected fingerprints and forensic evidence.