MUMBAI: 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.

Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home inMumbaiearly on Thursday.

He had surgery after sustaining stab wounds to his spine, neck and hands, and is out of danger, doctors said.

`We got information from Mumbai Police that a suspect is travelling by Jnaneswari Express train,` Sanjeev Sinha, a represenatative of the Railway Protection Force, told ANInews agency. `Mumbai Police officials were contacted through video call and the suspect`s identity was confirmed. He has been detained,` Sinha said.

Police in India`s financial capital of Mumbai had on Friday detained another key suspect in the knife attack. The attack on Khan, one of Bollywood`s most bankable and well-known actors, shocked the film industry and Mumbai residents, with many calling for better policing and security.-Reuters