Police arrested a 30-year-old man in India's financial capital Mumbai whom they said was considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan.

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.

Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday detained a second person suspected of involvement in a knife attack in which Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was wounded.

DCP Zone 9 said, "Prima facie the accused is a Bangladeshi and after entering India illegally he changed his name. He was using Vijay Das as his current name. He came to Mumbai 5-6 months ago. He stayed in Mumbai for a few days and then in the vicinity of Mumbai. The accused used to work in a housekeeping agency."

Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan has been stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home and has undergone surgery at a hospital

The Mumbai police said crucial CCTV footage from a mobile shop in Dadar helped them identify the accused as Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad.

Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai Police have apprehended a man in connection with the brutal attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra residence. The accused, identified as Mohammed Aliyan,

Vijay Das, the prime accused, was arrested in a joint operation by DCP Zone-6 Navnath Dhavale's team and the Kasarvadavali police at a labour camp in Thane (W).