The suspect involved in the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been arrested.
According to Indian media, the accused was absconding after the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan and changed his clothes for 2 days and roamed around Mumbai city.
Media reports said that six hours after the attack on Saif, the accused bought headphones from a store at around 9 am, which was recorded on CCTV.
Saif Ali Khan Critically injured in resisting robbery, multiple stabbings by robbers
However, now the Indian Railway Police has caught the accused and identified him as 31-year-old Akash Kanojia. The accused was arrested while traveling by train from Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Railway station officials say that the accused was arrested from his mobile phone and the location of the tower.
Mumbai Police sent the suspect’s photo, mobile phone and tower location and said he was traveling in the Ganeshwari Express when the suspect was on the train.
Railway police officials said that it was confirmed through a video call with the Mumbai police, on which he was nabbed and will now be handed over to the Mumbai police.
According to the police, the accused did not even have a ticket, in the initial investigation he told that he is a resident of Mumbai, but the accused keeps changing his statement.
It should be noted that a robbery attempt was made at Saif Ali Khan’s Bandra house in Mumbai between Wednesday and Thursday at around 3 pm, which the actor resisted and foiled.
During the knife attack on Saif Ali Khan during the resistance, he received 6 wounds out of which 2 were quite deep while one wound was closest to his spine.
