Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, who had undergone surgery at the Lilavati Hospital following a lethal knife attack, was discharged from the Lilavati hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
The actor, who reached his residence in suburban Bandra, made his first public appearance as he waved to the camerapersons.
Saif, who made his Bollywood debut with the movie Parampara, looked fit and fine, as he walked into his house. The actor has been advised to rest at home.
Following his discharge, the security around his home was beefed up with the installation of CCTV cameras. Earlier in the day, the Crime Branch police had brought the accused to Saif's residence Satguru Sharan for scene recreation.
Saif was discharged after five days of sustaining injuries fighting an intruder at his Bandra residence on the intervening night of Wednesday. The actor, in an attempt to foil a robbery attempt at 2:30 in the night, sustained six knife stabs, two of which were deep and close to his spine. The doctors removed the 2.5-inch knife from his wound after his admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Mumbai Police arrested the accused 30-year-old Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad from Thane on the cue of a labour contractor within 70 hours of the attack. On further investigation, police found that Shehzad was a Bangladeshi infiltrator, who had illegally crossed the border around 4 months ago. He worked odd jobs at hotels before barging into Saif's house with the only motive to steal.
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