Saif Stabbing Case Suspect Nabbed from Chhattisgarh

Police said that prima facie the motive of the stabbing appeared to be theft. They suspect the assailant fled without taking any valuables due to the commotion that resulted from the attack on the actor

- Ritesh Mishra, Vinay Dalvi, and Manish Kumar Pathak

RAIPUR/MUMBAI: A 31-year-old man, suspected to be the one who attacked actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra house earlier this week, was detained by the railway protection force (RPF) at the Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, a senior officer said.

The suspect, identified as Aakash Kailash Kannojia (31), was travelling in the Mumbai-to-Kolkata Jnaneshwari Express. "He was heading to Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. We have detained him based on information provided by the Mumbai Police," SK Sinha, senior inspector in-charge of Durg railway station, said. "He was travelling ticketless in the general compartment."

The suspect was yet to be questioned, Sinha said.

The Mumbai police are yet to ascertain whether Kannojia is the suspect they are looking for, with an officer saying a team has been dispatched to Durg to interrogate him.