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.

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.

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.

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,

Saif Ali Khan was attacked and stabbed six times at his Mumbai residence during the early hours of Thursday. The Bollywood actor is currently undergoing treatment at Lilavati Hospital, where his condition is reported to be stable.

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.

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has started the investigation into the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan. The 54-year-old actor was attacked with a knife by a thief at his residence.