The police said Mr. Khan was recovering in the hospital after an intruder attacked him. He sustained a major injury to his spinal cord, a doctor said.

An assailant who stabbed Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan remains at large and nobody has yet been detained in the case, an Indian newspaper cited police as saying on Friday, contradicting earlier media reports that police were questioning a suspect.

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.

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stable in hospital after a knife attack at his home left him with multiple wounds. The attack happened early in the early hours of the morning in Mumbai, where he lives in an apartment with his wife,

Police in India's financial capital of Mumbai have detained a key suspect in the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, TV channels reported on Friday.

An intruder who attacked Saif Ali Khan in his flat at night remains untraced as police are uncertain of his escape route. He is suspected to have used the fire escape stairwell, with his image partially captured on CCTV.

Actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times in his apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area in the early hours of Thursday

Saif Ali Khan is recovering in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital after a knife was removed from his spine. He was attacked in his apartment and suffered multiple injuries. A suspect has been detained by police for questioning regarding the incident.