India, Jan. 16 -- Doctors at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital revealed that a knife was lodged in the spine of actor Saif Ali Khan, who suffered multiple injuries during a robbery attempt at his Bandra residence early Thursday.

Dr Nitin Dange, neurosurgeon at Lilavati Hospital, told reporters that the knife lead to the leakage of Saif Ali Khan's spinal fluid.

"Mr Saif Ali Khan was admitted to Lilavati Hospital at 2 am with a reported history of assault by an unknown individual. He sustained severe injuries to the thoracic spinal cord, with a knife lodged in the spine. Emergency surgery was performed to remove the knife and repair the leaking spinal fluid," Dr Dange was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

The doctor further revealed that the...