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.

Mumbai Police officers were seen at Saif Ali Khan's apartment complex in Bandra West. Among the officers who visited Satguru Sharan apartments was well-known encounter specialist Daya Nayak. Daya Nayak is best known for gunning down more than 80 Mumbai underworld gangsters in the 1990s.

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,

A star of more than 70 films and television series, Saif Ali Khan sustained six stab wounds in the incident, including one close to his spine. He is in intensive care in hospital.

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.

Mumbai Police are questioning the house help at Saif Ali Khan over her suspected role in the actor's stabbing.

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan undergoes emergency after sustaining stab wounds during late-night home invasion at his Mumbai residence.