‘If Knife Was 2 Mm Deeper, Saif Would Have…’: Hospital Official On Actor’s Injuries. Police Question Carpenter
Khan was stabbed six times, including in his neck, at his apartment in Bandra at around 2:30 AM on Thursday. He underwent surgery at Lilavati Hospital and is expected to be discharged in 2-3 days.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali is currently recovering well and has been shifted from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the doctors who treated him at Lilavati Hospital where he was rushed after being stabbed multiple times by an intruder at his residence said. He is expected to be discharged in two to three days.
Khan was stabbed six times, including in his neck, at his apartment in Bandra at around 2:30 AM on Thursday. A 2.5 inch piece of the knife's blade was lodged into his spine by the intruder and was later removed after a five-hour-long surgery.
Dr Nitin Dange, the neurosurgeon who led the team of doctors who operated on Khan, said that if the knife lodged into his spine had gone just 2 mm deeper, it could have caused severe injury to the actor, news agency PTI reported.
"So, we operated and removed it. But from there, the spinal fluid was leaking. Due to that repair, we are keeping him under observation. Today he is doing excellent. Wounds are healing and he has no neurological deficit," Dr Dange informed. "His health parameters have improved and he has been shifted from the ICU to a special room," he added.
The doctor further said that the visitors are being kept in check, so that the actor rests well. "Only thing we have advised is that he has to take rest for some time, because of the wounds on the back especially, which can have chances of infection, and his movements are restricted for a week almost," he said.
An image of the knife blade also went viral on social media earlier today.
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The doctor further said that Khan is very lucky and that he was also made to walk today to check his movement. "We repaired the leaking spinal fluid and the dura which was there. We had to do a repair, which was successful. Today when we made him walk, he was completely okay to walk. He is on a regular diet," he said, as reported by PTI.
Dr Dange recalled Khan being soaked in blood, when he walked into the hospital, and called him a lion. "When sir Wali sahib (referring to Khan) came to the hospital, he was covered in blood, but he walked in like a lion with his small child, that is his 6 to 7-year-old son, Taimur," he said.
Meanwhile, autorickshaw driver Bhajan Singh Rana, who rushed the actor to the hospital, also said that he was shocked to see Khan with blood-soaked ‘kurta’ when he took him to Lilavati Hospital.
Rana said he was passing by the Satguru Sharan' building where the 54-year-old actor lives, when a woman and a few others asked him to stop the rickshaw. He also said that he did not recognise Khan at the time and assumed it was a regular case of assault. "Even after getting out of the rickshaw, he (Saif) walked on his own," Rana said.
Saif Ali Khan's Attacker Remains At Large, Carpenter Quizzed
The intruder who stabbed the actor still remains at large even as more than 30 teams are searching for him since the incident. Meanwhile, a Maharashtra minister has ruled out the possibility of a possible underworld link.
Based on the probe carried out so far, police said that the attacker was not working for any criminal gang and probably was not even aware whose house he had entered in, PTI reported.
Mumbai Police later picked up a carpenter in connection with the attack as he resembled the intruder. He was brought to the Bandra police station for questioning on Friday morning. He was released later.
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"The person detained in the morning has been released. He was picked up as he looked like the intruder captured in the CCTV footage. But he had an alibi which was verified by the police. Based on that, the detained person has been released. Our probe is still on. We are looking at all angles," a senior official told PTI.
He further said that the incident seems to be a stray incident and that the intruder does not seem to be working for any gang. The attacker's face was captured in CCTV footage when he was scurrying down the stairs from the sixth floor of the building.
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