Saif Ali Khan Attack News Live Updates: Actor back home after being discharged from Lilavati hospital

Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, Justice Alok Aradhe, was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court here on Tuesday.

Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to Chief Justice Aradhe at a brief swearing-in ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan here.

Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, state legislative assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, skill development minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, judges of the Bombay High Court and senior government officers were present on the occasion, the Raj Bhavan said in a statement.

The governor, the deputy CMs and state chief secretary Sujata Saunik congratulated the chief justice on his appointment.

Earlier, Saunik read out the notification of appointment of the chief justice issued by the Union government, it said.

A vigilance team of the Western Railway (WR) has seized nearly 93 kg of red sandalwood from a long-distance train that arrived at Mumbai Central station from Rajasthan, an official said on Tuesday.

In a release, WR said the red sandalwood, a protected tree species known for its rich hue and therapeutic properties, was detected recently during a special preventive check on the express train after it arrived from Jaipur.

The person who sent the consignment has been nabbed, said the official.

Vineet Abhishek, chief public relations officer (CPRO), WR, said the rigorous operation, which lasted for over 12 hours, targeted the leased parcel van of the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said journalists should desist from indulging in sensationalism, adding a “media trial” can finish someone's career.

He was speaking after presenting the Mantralaya Ani Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh's annual journalism awards at the state secretariat in south Mumbai.

The face of media has undergone radical change in the recent period, Pawar said. The impact of Artificial Intelligence on media sector will be significant, he added.

Referring to the demand of Vartahar Sangh office-bearers on implementing the decision to increase the amount under sanman yojana for senior journalists, Pawar said the needful will be done soon.

On the Saif Ali Khan attack case, Pawar said the intruder at the Bollywood actor's residence wanted Rs 50,000 to return to Bangladesh. PTI

The Mumbai police on early Tuesday morning took the Bangladesh national arrested for the attack on Saif Ali Khan to the actor’s house in Bandra to recreate the crime scene and ascertain the sequence of events.

The police chose early morning time for the procedure when it was dark for more accuracy in piecing together the sequence of events, as the accused, had allegedly committed the crime between 1.33 am and 2.33 am.

In the early morning of Thursday, January 16, Islam allegedly broke into Saif Ali Khan’s 11th-floor apartment in Bandra, injured the family’s nanny, and then attacked the actor with a knife, stabbing him six times before escaping. Khan underwent surgery and is currently stable and out of danger.

A 30-year-old woman was found dead in the basement of Dream Mall located in Bhandup, along the eastern suburbs of Mumbai, on Tuesday morning. The mall has been closed since a fire broke out there killing 11 people during Covid in 2021.

The body of the woman, identified by the Bhandup police as Manisha Gaikwad, was found floating in a pool of water gathered in the mall’s basement around 9.30 am. There is no clarity on whether it is a case of natural death or murder as the police await the postmortem report.

Senior Inspector Datta Khandagle said the woman resided in Bhandup. It is not clear why she entered the mall and the police have not received any missing complaint about her.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he has discussed a proposal for getting 10,000 water taxis to ferry people from the financial capital's distant suburbs to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Speaking at the ICERP 2025 exhibition here, Gadkari suggested that he has already discussed the idea with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Gadkari said the water taxis can get people from suburbs like Virar located along the Arabian Sea to the north of the financial capital, and Kalyan-Dombivali on the northeast along the Thane Creek, to the new airport in 70 minutes.

"Taking from all side of Mumbai, from Vasai-Virar to Kalyan-Dombivali, it (water taxis) can connect to new airport in 70 minutes. Already I have discussed the proposal with the CM. We need 10,000 water taxis in Mumbai," he said. PTI

The Maharashtra unit of the Congress on Tuesday announced to organise state-wide protests on January 25 alleging irregularities in the last year's state assembly elections.

January 25 is celebrated as the National Voters' Day (NVD) to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Addressing a press conference here, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Nana Patole said, "The party will hold protests at the district and taluka levels across Maharashtra on January 25. Key leaders of the party will take part in the protests." He accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ECI of undermining democracy through manipulation of votes during the state assembly elections held in November 2024. PTI

Maharashtra will display a tableau featuring its ‘Madhache Gaav’ (honey village) project in New Delhi as part of the Republic Day celebrations. However, despite bringing laurels to the state by becoming the first ‘Madhache Gaav’ in the country, the residents of the Manghar village in the Satara district feel they have been ignored for the Republic Day event in the national capital.

Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday alleged irregularities in the implementation of a crop insurance scheme in Beed under the watch of former state agriculture minister Dhananjay Munde of NCP.

The Congress leader demanded that a special committee be formed and the decisions surrounding the Beed crop insurance model evaluated transparently.

Munde served as the agriculture minister in the previous Eknath Shinde government from July 2022 to December 2024 and is currently the head of Food and Civil Supplies ministry in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government.

"The Beed pattern is not about helping farmers. It was planned with corruption in mind," Wadettiwar alleged in a statement.

He accused the state government of shirking its responsibility under the crop insurance scheme and depriving agriculturists of their rightful benefits. PTI

A court here on Tuesday ordered former RPF constable Chetansinh Chaudhary to be referred to the Thane mental hospital for medical examination after Akola prison authorities informed it that he was suffering from a mental disorder.

The court said the accused would be lodged in Thane jail during his medical examination.

Chaudhary is accused of shooting dead his senior colleague Assistant Sub-Inspector Tika Ram Meena and three passengers on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express near Palghar railway station on July 31, 2023.

He is currently lodged in Akola jail, about 550 km from Mumbai.

The Akola prison authorities had informed the court that Chaudhary was suffering from a mental disorder and needed to be shifted to a hospital in Nagpur for further treatment. PTI

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, five days after being attacked in his Bandra home on January 16. The incident occurred during an alleged robbery attempt, when an intruder broke into his home. Khan sustained multiple stab wounds, including a severe injury to his thoracic spine that required complex surgery to remove knife fragments. He underwent two critical procedures—neurosurgery and plastic surgery—and is now recovering after being released from the hospital.

The man arrested for the January 16 knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan entered India illegally seven months ago, police revealed on Tuesday. Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi national, crossed the Dawki River into India, and later used a West Bengal resident’s Aadhaar card to procure a SIM card before making his way to Mumbai, where he was involved in the attack.

The police had arrested Fakir from neighbouring Thane on Sunday, after he allegedly stabbed Khan multiple times inside the actor’s Bandra residence. Fakir had reportedly changed his name to Vijay Das and stayed briefly in West Bengal, where he obtained the SIM card using the Aadhaar details of one Khukumoni Jahangir Sekha, a local resident. (With PTI inputs)

Close on the heels of the daring killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique in Bandra in October 2024 and the firing at actor Salman Khan’s house in Bandra in April last year, comes another shocking incident of actor Saif Ali Khan being stabbed six times, allegedly by an intruder inside his house in the wee hours of Thursday. Khan, who sustained severe injuries to his back and neck and had to be operated upon, is now out of danger and recuperating in Lilavati Hospital.

While the Mumbai Police is investigating the case — several suspects were detained and an arrest made — the shocking incident has left many questions unanswered. As per the official version of the Mumbai Police, an intruder entered Khan’s quadruplex residence in Bandra at around 2 am. When a member of staff raised an alarm, Khan rushed out and intervened. In the scuffle that followed, the intruder stabbed Khan six times and managed to flee.

As Saif Ali Khan recovers from a knife attack at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, fans have been relying on updates from his family members. Recently, the Cocktail actor’s sister, Saba Pataudi, visited him at the hospital and shared that he is ‘recovering well’ while maintaining a positive outlook.

Saba posted a photo of herself with a plaster on her hand, revealing her own recent injury. She expressed how the family has been staying united during this tough time and wrote, “SO good to be back and spend time with bhai. Happy to see him stay positive and recover gradually and steadily during the past 2 days. While I didn’t realise I’d fractured my finger until recently… Glad to be with family! Always together.” According to an India Today report, Saif is likely to be discharged today between 10 am. and 12 pm. Dr Nitin Dange of Lilavati Hospital confirmed the news to the publication.

In a significant development in the knife attack case involving actor Saif Ali Khan, Mumbai Police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene at the actor's upscale residence in Bandra. A team of 20 police officials arrived at the Satguru Sharan building early in the morning, around 5:30 am, and conducted a detailed investigation at the premises for over an hour. The police team, accompanied by the accused, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir, retraced the steps taken by the intruder during the January 16 attack.

The police also took Fakir, a Bangladeshi national who had been staying illegally in India under the alias 'Vijay Das,' to several locations linked to the crime. This included the Bandra railway station, where Fakir had boarded a train to Dadar, and a nearby garden area where he had slept after the attack. Fakir, who is now in police custody, allegedly stabbed Khan multiple times inside the actor's 12-floor apartment, which required Khan to undergo surgery.

-- Fingerprints were collected from the crime scene, the building's duct shaft, the staircase, and the leader used to climb the building

-- Police believe this evidence will play crucial role in securing conviction in the case

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Monday said a three-hour long block will be taken on January 22, 23 and 24 for installation of girders for a new bridge.

The girders are being installed for a new bridge at kilometre number 58/500 between Dongargaon and Kusgaon on Pune bound carriageway of the expressway, a release said.

"The block between January 22 to 24 and it will start at 12 noon and end at 3 pm. Vehicular traffic from Mumbai to Pune will be diverted between Varsoli Toll naka and Wadgaon via Old Mumbai-Pune National Highway. After 3.00 pm, on all three days, traffic from Mumbai to Pune will be restored on the Pune side (Pune bound carriageway) of the expressway," the release said. PTI

A magistrate court here on Monday ordered a police enquiry into a defamation and stalking complaint filed by former NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede's sister against senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik.

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Bandra) Ashish Keshavrao Awari directed the police to submit the enquiry report on February 15.

The inquiry was ordered under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) section 202, which deals with the postponement of the issue of process against an accused. It gives the magistrate the power to inquire into the case or direct an investigation.

In her complaint, the IRS officer's sister-Yasmeen Wankhede- has accused Malik of making false, defamatory and scandalous allegations against her in various tweets and television interviews.

Her lawyer, Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, said, "We upfront requested the court to order police inquiry in the complaint and asked to not issue process (summons) at present, for the reason being the accused stays beyond the jurisdiction of the court." The complaint was originally filed before an Andheri court in 2021 and later transferred to MP/MLA court in Bandra. PTI

Days after the Maharashtra Government stayed its decision regarding guardian ministers of the state’s Raigad and Nashik districts, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Monday denied that he was upset over the issue.

Over the weekend, the Maharashtra government appointed NCP’s Aditi Tatkare and BJP’s Girish Mahajan as the guardian ministers of the Raigad and Nasik districts and then rescinded the decision. Reportedly unhappy that his party’s ministers Bharat Gogawale and Dadaji Bhuse were neglected for these posts, Eknath Shinde left for his Daregaon village in the state’s Satara district.

Five police officers, including a police driver, were responsible for the custodial death of the janitor accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, the Bombay High Court was informed Monday in the wake of the inquiry by a magistrate. The magistrate inquiry held that if the forensic reports are considered, “false encounter” allegations made by parents of the deceased “found substance”.

The high court directed the Maharashtra government to register a FIR against the officers based on the findings of the magistrate and initiate further proceedings. In September last year, a 23-year-old janitor who was arrested over the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur, Thane, was shot dead while being transported in a police vehicle.

The alleged attacker of actor Saif Ali Khan had hid in the garden of the Bandra building for two hours after stabbing the actor inside his apartment on January 16 during a burglary bid, a police official said on Monday.

The accused, arrested on Sunday, initially tried to mislead investigators by claiming that he is a Kolkata resident, however, police nailed his lie and secured his school leaving certificate from his Bangladesh-based brother on his mobile phone, the official said.

This certificate has become strong evidence to prove the Bangladeshi nationality of the 30-year-old accused, identified as Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir who changed his name to Vijay Das.

"After committing the crime (On January 16), Fakir hid in the garden inside the 'Satguru Sharan' building where Saif Ali Khan lives with his family for around two hours as he was afraid of getting caught," the official said citing the preliminary investigation. PTI

Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar on Monday accused Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) of "hypocrisy" for political gain over illegal immigration of Bangladeshis in the context of the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan.

He went on to question the Bengal government's ability to ensure security for people and celebrities.

Shelar, who heads Mumbai BJP unit, challenged Thackeray to confront West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over the illegal immigration of Bangladeshis and her opposition to the deployment of the BSF on the border.

"Illegal immigration of Bangladeshi citizens does not occur in states like Assam and Tripura, where the BJP is in power. It is happening in Mamata Didi's West Bengal. Why Uddhav Thackeray has not confronted her about this illegal immigration? She opposes the deployment of the Border Security Forces in her state," Shelar stated on X.

The Bangladeshi national, arrested by Mumbai Police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan, had apparently panicked upon seeing his image on news channels and was planning to flee to his native country, police officials said on Monday.

The shocking nature of the attack raised serious concerns regarding security at the 'Satguru Sharan' building where Khan lives with his family and the motives behind targeting the well-known celebrity.

As the investigations progressed, various teams of Mumbai Police combed through hours of footage from different areas of the city to gather evidence.

Initially, police faced challenges in tracing the lone assailant.

Fakir, a native of Jhalokati in Bangladesh, had been residing in Mumbai for over five months, working odd jobs and associated with a housekeeping agency.

Taking the help of advanced technology, the police identified the intruder's photograph in the CCTV grab and pinpointed him on a motorcycle at a crossing in suburban Andheri on January 9, the officials said. PTI

Days after the Maharashtra Government stayed its decision regarding guardian ministers of the state’s Raigad and Nashik districts, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Monday denied that he was upset over the issue.

Over the weekend, the Maharashtra government appointed NCP’s Aditi Tatkare and BJP’s Girish Mahajan as the guardian ministers of the Raigad and Nasik districts and then rescinded the decision. Reportedly unhappy that his party's ministers Bharat Gogawale and Dadaji Bhuse were neglected for these posts, Eknath Shinde left for his Daregaon village in the state’s Satara district. To which he said “I have to visit my village in connection with the New Mahabaleshwar project. If I come here, people say I am upset. But I am busy working on the project here."

D Sivanandhan, in his opinion for The Indian Express writes about the relevant questions in regard with the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case.

He questions, "Khan stays in a heavily guarded 12-storey apartment, out of which he owns the quadruplex on the top floors. So, how did the building security not notice a stranger entering the building at 2 am? The security failed to notice the intruder leaving the building after the incident as well. How is that possible? Apart from security guards, there is electronic surveillance in almost every building in Mumbai. CCTVs are installed everywhere. In many societies, there are mobile app-based recording systems of every individual entering the society. Does this mean that the intruder knew how to bypass the surveillance system? If yes, it would mean that he might have been familiar with the security apparatus."

Read the full Opinion here

Another development in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case is that the accused Mohammed Shariful Islam, a Bangladeshi national has a history of committing theft. While working at a pub in the Worli Koliwada area a few months ago he was caught stealing a guest’s diamond ring, sources said. He was subsequently fired from his job.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Monday amid differences among the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi combine over contesting the ensuing local body polls in Maharashtra.

Thackeray drove to the former Union minister's residence at Silver Oak in south Mumbai and met him for over an hour, party sources said.

Pawar, the architect of the opposition coalition, has stepped in to calm the turbulence within the MVA and recently said he would convene a meeting of the combine's three constituents to discuss contesting the upcoming local body elections.

Shiv Sena (UBT) has declared it will contest the local body elections alone.

Pawar recently pointed out that the mandate of the INDIA alliance at the centre and the MVA in Maharashtra is to contest elections together at the national and state level, respectively, not at the local level. PTI

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged that the Mahayuti government's handling of the appointment of guardian minister as a sign of internal discord in the alliance.

The state government on Saturday announced guardian ministers for 36 districts of the state, but a day later, issued an order to stay the appointments for Nashik and Raigad.

NCP's Aditi Tatkare was appointed as the guardian minister for Raigad, while BJP leader Girish Mahajan was given the responsibility of Nashik.

Talking to reporters, Raut said, "The government is failing to manage its internal conflicts. (Deputy Chief Minister) Eknath Shinde's anger over the allocation of guardian ministers is clear, and his authority is being questioned." He also hinted that state Industries Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant might be groomed as a possible replacement for Shinde. PTI

After Saif Ali Khan attack accused was confirmed to be a Bangladeshi national, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and urged for the removal of all Bangladeshis from the country.

"...Who is saying he is a Bangladeshi? The BJP? They are claiming that the attack on Saif Ali Khan is an international conspiracy. What is the international conspiracy? An actor has been attacked and the people should be told the truth... If he is a Bangladeshi, then the central government is responsible. It is Amit Shah's responsibility and he should resign," he said.

Actor Saif Ali Khan will not be discharged today, and will continue to receive treatment for his injuries at the Lilavati Hospital. It is expected that Khan will get discharged within the week.

Khan had sustained six knife injuries on Thursday when a robber broke into his residence in Bandra. The six injuries included on near his spine and one on his neck.