POLICE in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have detained a second person suspected of involvement in a knife attack in which Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan (pic) was wounded.
Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home in Mumbai on Thursday.
He had surgery after sustaining stab wounds to his spine, neck and hands, and is out of danger, doctors said.
“Primary evidence suggests that the accused is a Bangladeshi citizen and after entering India illegally he changed his name,” Dixit Gedam, a deputy commissioner of police, told a press conference.
The suspect, arrested on the outskirts of Mumbai, was using the name Vijay Das but is believed to be Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad and was working with a housekeeping agency after having come to the city five or six months ago, Gedam said.
The police will seek custody of the suspect for further investigation, he added.
The attack on Khan, one of Bollywood’s most bankable and well-known actors, shocked the film industry and Mumbai residents, with many calling for better policing and security. — Reuters
