'Mumbai Safest Among India's Megacities': Devendra Fadnavis On Saif Ali Khan Attack
The Maharashtra CM, while responding to the allegations against his government on the law and order situation, said "it would not be correct to say that Mumbai is unsafe."
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reacted to the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan calling it 'unfortunate.' The Maharashtra CM, while responding to the allegations against his government on the law and order situation, said "it would not be correct to say that Mumbai is unsafe."
""It is true that some incidents take place sometimes, and they must be taken seriously. But to say that Mumbai is unsafe due to such incidents is not right," the Maharashtra Chief Minister said.
"Mumbai's image gets maligned (due to such comments). But, to make the city safer, the government will certainly make efforts," the CM added. He was talking to reporters after attending a special screening of Kangana Ranaut-directed film Emergency.
Speaking on the attack on Saif Ali Khan, Fadnavis said that the police is investigating the details and the details regarding the case have been shared by the police.
"Police has given you all details regarding this. What kind of attack is this, what is actually behind this and what was the intention behind the attack is all before you," Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, said, adding that the government will take steps to make the city safer.
Safi Ali Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by an intruder inside his 12th floor apartment in Bandra in the early hours of Thursday. Doctors at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital said that the actor was out of danger following an emergency surgery where he was rushed following the incident.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam, meanwhile, said the opposition was trying to politicise the attack on the actor and claimed a wrong angle was being given to the case because of the actor's surname.
"The incident was a theft attempt, and the culprit has been identified and will be nabbed soon," Kadam told a TV channel. Mumbai is a safe place, the minister asserted, and claimed the opposition was trying to malign the police.
The intruder broke into Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's home through an open fire exit. The intruder has been identified and will be nabbed soon, Yogesh Kadam said. The minister also claimed that because of the actor's Khan surname, a wrong angle was being given to the case.
The opposition only wants to politicise the incident. Mumbai is safe and the opposition is maligning the police, he added.
The response from the state government in Maharashtra comes as the opposition has lashed out at the Mahayuti government over the attack.
NCP (SP) leader Jitendra Awhad claimed the kind of injuries sustained by Saif Ali Khan shows the attacker wanted to kill him.
In a post on X, Awhad, who is the group leader of the opposition NCP (SP) in the Maharashtra assembly, claimed Khan has been targeted by fundamentalists over the naming of his son as Taimur.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi and Aaditya Thackeray have also raised concerns over the safety of people in Bandra.
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