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The night Saif Ali Khan was attacked with a knife at his home in Bandra, Mumbai, left the entire nation rattled. The actor had to undergo surgery to remove a knife fragment lodged in his spine. In a recent interaction, Saif’s elder son, Ibrahim Ali Khan, recalled that traumatic night and shared that he was informed about the stabbing nearly three hours after the incident occurred. He also remembered his father’s first words to him after coming out of surgery.
Speaking to GQ, Ibrahim said, “I was shooting a night shift. He was stabbed around 2:30am and I was informed at 5:30am. I hadn’t slept that night and I rushed to see him. He had just come out of the ICU after surgery. He opened his eyes, spoke to Sara for a bit, and asked for me. I was so happy.”
Recalling his first interaction with Saif post-surgery, Ibrahim shared, “I said, ‘I’m right here, dad.’ And then he said, “If you were there, you would’ve beaten that guy up.” That made me weep. I wish I had been there. At one point, when I heard he got stabbed, I started to think of the worst-case scenario. That’s a very scary feeling.”
After the incident, several rumours began circulating. Some even claimed that it was Ibrahim who drove Saif to the hospital after he suffered grave injuries. However, Ibrahim set the record straight and said, “And it was bad; it was very scary. To everyone saying I drove him to the hospital with my baby brother, I would like to clarify that my dad walked into the hospital himself. He walked in with a knife stuck in him and said, ‘I need help’.”
The Nadaaniyan actor admitted that the horrific episode brought him much closer to his father. “I feel a lot closer to him now. If someone in your immediate family has a near-death experience, you don’t take them for granted. You become more present in the relationship,” he said.
Attack on Saif Ali Khan
In January, Saif Ali Khan was violently attacked by an intruder at his Bandra home in Mumbai. The attacker was later identified as Mohd Shariful Islam Shehzad. The intruder had broken into Saif’s house and entered the room of his youngest son, Jehangir Ali Khan, with the intention of theft. When a female member of Saif’s household staff spotted the intruder and raised an alarm, Saif intervened to protect his son.
During the scuffle, the intruder stabbed Saif multiple times in the back before fleeing the scene. He was later apprehended by the police. Following the attack, Saif underwent two surgeries.
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