Auto driver who drove Saif to hospital didn’t realise his passenger was a celeb | India Information – The Occasions of India

Mumbai: The rickshaw driver who rushed Saif Ali Khan to Lilavati Hospital after the assault on the actor at his house on Thursday was oblivious to his passenger’s movie star standing. Bhajan Singh, who lives in a chawl on Pipeline Highway in Khar (East), advised TOI that upon noticing “a profusely bleeding particular person”, his solely thought was to take a short-cut and attain hospital on the earliest in order that his life may very well be saved.
Throughout the journey, Khan remained acutely aware and repeatedly requested Singh about their anticipated arrival time. “I advised him it would take solely two minutes. The injured actor was accompanied by his home assist (Hari) and his son Taimur. He was not panicking, although I seen his white outfit was soaked in blood,” Singh recounted.
“Initially I didn’t realise that the badly wounded particular person was a well-known Bollywood actor. My solely intention was to achieve Lilavati Hospital on the earliest. They had been in a state of such emergency! That additionally prevented me from asking for my fare. The truth that such an enormous actor sat in my automobile itself was an enormous supply of satisfaction for me, when as soon as I realised who he was.”
On the fateful evening, Singh, who works evening shifts within the Bandra-Khar space, noticed one of many actor’s home assist waving at him close to Satguru Sharan, Khan’s residential constructing. “It was a scene of panic. The actor sat inside, his son within the center and (Hari) on the aspect earlier than we left for the hospital,” he recalled, describing how a blood-soaked Khan struggled to stroll. Upon reaching the hospital, the workers instantly attended to him and took him on a stretcher.
Singh’s chawl-mate Harshitt Rana mentioned, “Singh, I and three others (all auto drivers) are from Uttarakhand and have lived collectively for 20 years in Mumbai, driving autorickshaws. Our households dwell in Uttarakhand. Singh drives at evening whereas I achieve this in the course of the day.”