Saif Ali Khan recounts details of knife attack at Mumbai home: ‘Surreal scene'

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan said it was a miracle he survived, and his body was functioning properly despite the 30 “most awful scars” down his neck. Photo: Reuters

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has revealed the details surrounding an intruder entering his house in January and repeatedly stabbing him with a knife.

In an exclusive interview with the English-language newspaper Times Of India, Khan, 54, said he was woken around 2am, when his domestic helper rushed into his room and screamed that there was an intruder in his four-year-old son Jeh’s bedroom, demanding money.