By Sudipto Ganguly and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) -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.

Popular Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been admitted to hospital with multiple stab injuries after an intruder reportedly barged into his house and attacked him. The attack took place early Thursday morning at an upscale neighbourhood of Mumbai city, where Khan lives with his family.

According to Mumbai police, it is suspected that the intruder made a robbery attempt at actor Saif Ali Khan’s residence and in a bid to prevent the thief from fleeing, Khan had a scuffle with him and got attacked with a sharp object, leaving him with six injuries.

India's Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, 54, was in surgery on Thursday for six stab injuries received in a scuffle with an intruder at his home in the financial capital of Mumbai, media said. The son of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore,

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan underwent emergency surgery at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital following a knife attack at his Bandra residence early Thursday morning. The 54-year-old actor sustained multiple injuries during a confrontation with an intruder around 2:30am local time.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was hospitalised after being attacked in his Mumbai home during an attempted burglary. The 54-year-old star, known for his roles in films like Race, was reportedly stabbed six times by an intruder who broke into his residence in Bandra around 2:30 am local time.

Saif Ali Khan was injured in knife attack by the intruder. He was taken to the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra and was reported to be out of danger, the official said

He was taken to a nearby hospital at around 3.30am on Thursday with six injuries, two deeper than the others, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

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