Saif
Ali
Khan
sustained
a
major
injury
to
the
thoracic
spinal
cord
due
to
a
knife
lodged
in
it.
A
surgery
was
performed
to
remove
the
2.5-inch-long
knife
from
his
spine
and
repair
his
‘leaking
spinal
fluid’,
a
doctor
from
Lilavati
Hospital
informed
the
media.
Explaining
the
actor’s
health
condition,
Dr
Nitin
Dange
said
Saif
is
stable
and
out
of
danger.
Saif
had
sustained
at
least
six
injuries
after
an
intruder
attacked
him
at
his
home
in
the
early
hours
of
Thursday.
The
doctors
also
performed
plastic
surgery
on
Saif’s
hand
and
neck,
where
he
was
stabbed,
added
Dr
Dange.
“Saif
Ali
Khan
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
at
2
am
with
alleged
history
of
assault
by
some
unknown
person.
He
sustained
a
major
injury
to
the
thoracic
spinal
cord
due
to
a
lodged
knife
in
the
spine,”
Dr
Dange
said.
“A
surgery
was
performed
to
remove
the
knife
and
repair
the
leaking
spinal
fluid.
Two
other
deep
wounds
on
his
left
hand
and
one
other
on
his
neck
were
repaired
by
the
plastic
surgery
team.
“He
is
completely
stable
now.
He
is
recovering
well
and
out
of
danger
now.”
Saif
Ali
Khan’s
maid
arrives
for
questioning
at
the
Bandra
police
station.
Photograph:
Prasanna
D
Zore/Rediff.com
Dr
Niraj
Uttamani,
Chief
Operating
Officer,
Lilavati
Hospital,
said
Saif
has
been
shifted
to
an
ICU
ward
and
will
be
kept
under
observation
for
a
day,
adding
that
he
will
recover
100
per
cent
as
per
their
initial
understanding.
Saif,
Dr
Uttamani
said,
had
sustained
two
deep
wounds,
two
intermediate
and
two
abrasions.
“Saif
Ali
Khan’s
operation
has
been
successful.
His
neurosurgery
and
plastic
surgery
are
completed.
He
has
been
shifted
to
the
ICU
from
the
Operation
Theatre
for
one-day
observation.
After
that,
we
will
decide
tomorrow.
Right
now,
he
is
looking
absolutely
fine.
“He
is
on
a
recovery
path.
The
recovery
should
be
100
per
cent
as
per
our
initial
understanding.
There
are
two
deep
wounds,
two
intermediate
and
two
abrasions.
We
have
removed
a
2.5-inch
long
knife
piece
from
his
spine,””
Dr
Uttamani
said.
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
Dixit
Gedam,
who
is
part
of
the
team
investigating
the
attack,
said
the
incident
was
a
“robbery
attempt”
and
the
accused
used
a
fire
escape
staircase
to
enter
Saif’s
house.
“Last
night,
the
accused
used
a
fire
escape
staircase
to
enter
Saif
Ali
Khan’s
house.
It
appears
to
be
a
robbery
attempt.
We
working
to
arrest
the
accused.
10
detection
teams
are
working
on
the
case.
An
offence
has
been
registered
at
the
Bandra
police
station,”
DCP
Gedam
said.
CCTV
visuals
of
the
intruder
have
been
traced
and
10
teams
have
been
formed
to
investigate
the
offence,
police
said.
As
per
the
preliminary
probe,
the
intruder
did
not
force
his
entry
or
break
into
the
actor’s
12th
floor
flat
in
Satguru
Sharan
building
but
possibly
sneaked
in
at
some
point
earlier
in
the
night,
a
police
official
said.
After
the
incident,
the
attacker
took
the
staircase
to
escape.
His
CCTV
visuals
were
traced
on
the
sixth
floor,
police
sources
said.
Khan’s
househelp,
who
raised
the
initial
alarm,
suffered
a
minor
knife
injury
during
the
scuffle.
She
later
visited
the
police
station
to
lodge
a
complaint
for
alleged
attempted
murder
and
trespassing.
But
the
police
did
not
confirm
the
sections
under
which
the
First
Information
Report
was
registered.
The
actor’s
representatives,
in
a
media
statement,
said
it
was
a
‘burglary
attempt’.
With
inputs
from
PTI.
