Mumbai: Maharashtra's minister for ports and fisheries Nitesh Rane, who belongs to the BJP, caused a major embarrassment to his own party government on Thursday by publicly questioning if actor Saif Ali Khan was really stabbed.

Actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed on January 16 at his 12th-floor apartment in the upscale Bandra area in Mumbai.

Less than a week after being stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai, actor Saif Ali Khan was seen on Tuesday smiling and waving at the cameras after being discharged from Lilavati Hospital. The video has led to some politicians raising questions about the knife attack on him.

Dr Sudhir Kumar, popularly known as the “Hyderabad Doctor” on social media platform X, also defended the plausibility of Saif Ali Khan’s rapid recovery. He identified three primary factors that likely contributed to the actor’s bounce-back:

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his house, local media reported.

Speaking at a BJP function, Rane, questioned the authenticity of Saif Ali Khan's attack, suggesting that his quick recovery raised suspicions.

Amid doubts surrounding Saif Ali Khan's swift recovery following multiple stabbings and surgeries, doctors have provided an explanation.

Recovery time after such surgeries vary greatly depending on the severity of the injury and other health factors.

On January 16, actor Saif Ali Khan survived a major attack by an intruder during an attempt at a burglary at his Bandra apartment, after which he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital, where he underwent multiple surgeries.

Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane has raised doubts about the recent attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, questioning whether the incident was genuine or exaggerated. Saif, who was discharged from Lilavati Hospital on January 21 after undergoing a five-hour-long surgery for stab wounds,