Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan suffered a number of stab accidents after a robber allegedly broke into his Bandra residence in Mumbai within the wee hours of Thursday.
Saif Ali Khan’s spouse and actress Kareena Kapoor Khan was additionally reportedly current inside the home on the time of the incident.
Deputy police commissioner Dikshit Gedam mentioned an unidentified particular person barged into Saif’s residence, including that the actor was injured throughout a scuffle with the suspect.
Whereas the incident has left everybody in shock, it’s notable that that is the third time such against the law has occurred in Mumbai’s upscale space of Bandra.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Priyanka Chaturvedi was fast to level out the identical, saying that Baba Siddique’s homicide, firing at Salman Khan’s Galaxy Residences house and now robbery bid at Saif’s home, all have taken place in Bandra.
“What a disgrace that Mumbai sees one other excessive profile try on life, the assault on Saif Ali Khan but once more raises questions on Mumbai Police & the House Minister. That is after a sequence of incidents that present there’s a deliberate try to undermine Mumbai by concentrating on massive names,” she alleged in a put up on X.
Chaturvedi additional mentioned that Bandra, which homes the very best variety of celebrities, “is meant to have enough safety”. “If celebrities aren’t protected then who in Mumbai is?” she requested.
Notably, Saif Ali Khan was rushed to the Lilavati Hospital after the incident, whereby the medical facility’s chief working officer Niraj Uttamani mentioned that the actor was admitted with six injuries, of which two have been deeper. The actor is at the moment present process surgical procedure.
Based on one other police officer, the attacker fled the scene after injuring Saif. The police have fashioned a number of groups for a manhunt to nab the accused.
In the meantime, the police have began the method of registering an First Info Report (FIR).
Baba Siddique’s homicide
In October 2024, Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) chief Baba Siddique was shot dead by three attackers outdoors his son Zeeshan’s workplace in Mumbai’s Bandra East space.
The chief was rushed to Lilavati Hospital however, sadly he succumbed to his accidents.
The 66-year-old seasoned politician’s homicide was allegedly pre-planned and carried out on a busy Dussehra night time. The assailants fired as many as six rounds on the NCP chief, of which three hit Baba, mentioned DCP (Crime Department) Datta Nalawade.
The shooters had reportedly been in Mumbai 25-30 days earlier than the incident and had even recced the capturing spot in addition to Baba Siddique’s house and workplace prematurely.
Siddique had obtained a loss of life risk 15 days earlier than the homicide, police mentioned, including that his safety was upgraded to Y class after that. Notably, a police constable was additionally fatally shot throughout Siddique’s homicide.
Salman Khan home firing
Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan, who has obtained a number of life threats, confronted a grim state of affairs when gunshots have been fired outdoors his house, Galaxy Residences, in Bandra in April 2024.
Two individuals had opened fire at Salman’s home and fled the scene on a motorbike, protecting their faces underneath helmets. The firing was described as a “meticulously deliberate assault’ by the Mumbai Crime Department.
The firing was allegedly orchestrated by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, underneath the supervision of the gangster’s Canada-based brother Anmol Bishnoi.
The 2 assailants, who fired on the actor’s house, allegedly needed to threaten Salman for not apologising after killing a blackbuck, which is worshipped by the Bishnoi neighborhood in Rajasthan.
Notably, simply final week, Salman Khan accomplished in depth renovations and enhanced renovations at his Bandra house. The actor’s house now has a bulletproof balcony, a contemporary safety system, and high-resolution CCTV cameras to detect any suspicious exercise close by.