Attack on Saif Ali Khan: Suspect detained at Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) detained a suspect in the case of knife attack on actor Saif Ali Khan from a train at the Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh on Saturday afternoon, an official said.

The man, identified as Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was travelling by Jnaneshwari Express, which runs between Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Kolkata Shalimar, the RPF official said.

Around 12.30 pm, the RPF Post Durg received information from the Mumbai police about the suspect in Saif Ali Khan stabbing case travelling by Jnaneswari Express, and shared the location of his mobile phone and his photo, he said.

RPF Durg alerted its counterpart at the Rajnandgaon station (which comes before Durg on the Mumbai-Howrah route) but the suspect could not be located when the train halted there, the official said.

Two teams were kept ready at the Durg station, and on the arrival of the train, the suspect was found in the front general compartment, he said.

His photo was sent to the Mumbai police who confirmed his identity, the official said. The intruder who attacked Khan had been captured in CCTV footage while going down a staircase at the actor’s building.

A Mumbai police team is expected to reach Raipur by a flight in the evening and take his custody.

Khan, 54, a popular Bollywood star, was stabbed repeatedly by an intruder during a robbery attempt at his 12th floor residence in Mumbai’s Bandra area early Thursday morning.

The actor was recovering from his injuries, as per the doctors treating him.