Mumbai, Maharashtra Home Minister Yogesh Kadam on Thursday said the opposition was trying to politicize the attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and alleged that the case was being viewed from a wrong angle due to the actor’s surname.

The incident was an “attempt to steal” and the perpetrator has been identified and will be caught soon, Kadam told a television station.

Mumbai is a safe place, the minister asserted, alleging that the opposition is trying to denigrate the police.

Khan, 54, was stabbed repeatedly by an intruder in his 12th-floor apartment in upscale Bandra early Thursday. The actor is “out of danger” after undergoing emergency surgery, said doctors at Lilavati Hospital, where he was admitted following the incident that occurred around 2.30 am at his home in the “Satguru Sharan” building.

The intruder fled from the spot.

Kadam said there was no need to link the attack on Saif Ali Khan with the assassination of former state minister Baba Siddique and threats against actor Salman Khan.

“The intruder has been identified and will be caught soon,” he said, claiming that the case was being viewed from a wrong angle due to the actor’s Khan surname.

“The opposition just wants to politicize the incident. Mumbai is safe and the opposition is vilifying the police,” he added.

NCP leader Jitendra Awhad claimed that the nature of injuries sustained by Saif Ali Khan showed that the attacker wanted to kill him.

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Khan suffered six injuries, two of which were serious and one to the spine, he said.

“Prima facie it shows that the attacker wanted to kill him,” Awhad said, adding that it needs to be checked whether the attack was pre-planned.

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