'Real' perpetrator in Saif Ali Khan stabbing case arrested, confesses to crime: Police

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Mumbai Police have arrested the individual responsible for the stabbing of Saif Ali Khan. The accused was arrested in Thane during the early hours of Sunday. Police reported that the individual, initially claiming to be Vijay Das, was using multiple names, including Vijay Das, Bijoy Das, and Mohammed Iliyas. Police are currently verifying his details.

Police officials have claimed that Das has confessed to the crime and stated that he is the real perpetrator.

The arrest was made in a joint operation conducted by DCP Zone-6 Navnath Dhavale's team and the Kasarvadavali police at a labour camp near the metro construction site, behind the TCS Call Centre in Hiranandani Estate, Thane West. Das was reportedly found sleeping under dried grass and leaves deep inside the bushes. Following his arrest, Das was transported to Mumbai for further investigation.

Das was previously employed at a pub in Mumbai. Now that he has been arrested, police will present him before the court later on Sunday for remand, the Mumbai crime branch said. The arrested accused has been kept in detention at Khar Police Station.

While the investigation remains ongoing, it is learnt that a total of four individuals have been nabbed in connection with the incident. Further information will be provided during a police press conference scheduled for 9 am.

Less than 24 hours after Khan was stabbed multiple times in his Bandra apartment, a CCTV image emerged showing the attacker running away from the staircase after the incident. The attacker, who stabbed Saif Ali Khan inside his 12th-floor apartment in Bandra, was seen on the staircase of the sixth floor in the CCTV footage.

Earlier on Saturday, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a suspect at Chhattisgarh's Durg railway station in connection with the stabbing attack on Saif Ali Khan at his home in Mumbai earlier this week. The detained suspect, Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was travelling on the Jnaneshwari Express from Mumbai LTT to Kolkata Shalimar. The suspect had been previously captured on CCTV footage descending a staircase in the actor's building. 

Khan's health

Khan was stabbed multiple times in his Bandra apartment in the early hours of Thursday.

The actor was immediately taken to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital for treatment after sustaining major injuries, including stab wounds to his thoracic spine.

According to the hospital administration, Saif Ali Khan was doing well and has been moved from the ICU to a normal room. The surgery, which involved removing a 2.5-inch-long blade, was successful, and while Saif is currently "out of danger," medical staff continue to monitor his condition closely