Saif Ali Khan attacked: Search operation intensified with 20 teams deployed as accused still at large
To ensure the early arrest of the accused, the police have started investigating people roaming around unnecessarily at night.
PTC News Desk: The Crime Branch of Mumbai Police has dispatched 20 teams in search for the accused who attacked Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence on Wednesday. Khan after the attack sustained several injuries with one being close to spine.
To ensure the early arrest of the accused, the police have started investigating people roaming around unnecessarily at night. Along with this, people whose names are already in the police records are also being called to the police stations for questioning.
The cops have also released the picture of the accused captured in the CCTV footage during interrogation. Earlier, Saif's staff members were summoned to the Bandra Police Station for questioning regarding the case but were later allowed to leave.
Meanwhile, the auto-rickshaw driver who rushed the actor to the hospital also shared details of what happened and how he stepped in to help.
The actor was "bleeding" from his "neck and back," the driver said.
"I drive my vehicle at night. It was around 2-3 a.m. when I saw a woman trying to hire an auto, but nobody stopped. I also heard calls for a rickshaw from inside the gate. I took a U-turn and stopped my vehicle near the gate. A man covered in blood came out, along with 2-4 others. They put him in the auto and decided to go to Lilavati Hospital. I dropped them there, and later I came to know that he was Saif Ali Khan," he said.
Saif underwent surgery at Lilavati Hospital. According to the doctors, Saif sustained a major injury to the thoracic spinal cord due to a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was performed to remove a 2.5-inch-long blade from the actor's spine and repair his leaking spinal fluid.
While Saif is "out of danger," doctors are continuing to monitor him.