The accused, a Bangladeshi, entered India illegally and changed his name to Bijoy Das. Actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed six times by alleged attacker Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad

The case was reported by Aleyamma Philip, a 56-year-old staff nurse. The incident occurred around 2:00 AM on January 16, during which Saif Ali Khan was attacked and sustained serious injuries, including stab wounds to his thoracic spine.

Police arrested a 30-year-old man in India’s financial capital Mumbai whom they said was considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan.

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was out of danger, police said on Thursday, following stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in India’s financial capital of Mumbai for which he was undergoing surgery.

A Bangladeshi national was arrested for attacking Saif Ali Khan, sparking a political debate on illegal immigration.

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home early Thursday and underwent surgery at a hospital, media reports said.

Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday detained a second person suspected of involvement in a knife attack in which Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was wounded. Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home in Mumbai early on Thursday.

The Mumbai police said crucial CCTV footage from a mobile shop in Dadar helped them identify the accused as Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad.

The primary accused behind the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan was arrested by Mumbai Police on Sunday and was sent to five-day police custody by Bandra court. Police also hinted at an 'international conspiracy' angle in the case, stating that the accused is from Bangladesh, however, the latter's lawyer called the police's claims bogus.