Saif Ali Khan May Be faces arrest-Kareena Kapoor to be questioned in assault case
Mumbai: A case of assault has been registered against actor Saif Ali Khan on the basis of a complaint filed by a man who accused Khan and his aides of breaking his nose after a scuffle inside the Taj Hotel here. The Mumbai police will question Khan for the alleged assault and decide whether to arrest him depending on what comes out in the probe.
Khan was said to be accompanied by his girlfriend and actress Kareena Kapoor at the time of the incident. Kareena's statement will also be recorded. The actor and his friends have been booked under IPC 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention). The victim Iqbal Sharma approached the police claiming that he was attacked by Khan and his friends, during which, he was punched by the actor, senior police inspector of Colaba police station Vinod Sawant said. He said the 41-year-old actor is likely to be arrested.
The victim claimed that he was having dinner with his family members at the Wasabi restaurant in the Taj Hotel in Colaba last night, while the actor and his friends were sitting at the next table, police said.
Sharma stated that he had objected to the din created by Saif and his friends. When he pointed it out to them, the actor and his friends got enraged, and following a heated argument, attacked him. Khan allegedly told him to go to a library if he wanted peace and quiet. Sharma said Saif and his two associates allegedly rained blows upon him fracturing his nose.
Khan will next be seen in home production 'Agent Vinod' with Kapoor. The film will be release on March 23.
"The section under which he has been booked is bailable. He has to come with a surety and if we find that the surety is a sound surety, we will grant him bail," ACP Iqbal Shaikh told reporters. Asked about the actor's whereabouts and if he was traceable, the officer said, "He is not reachable."
He denied that any of the women accompanying the complainant were misbehaved with during the scuffle. On whether Khan had himself assaulted the complainant, Shaikh said, "This is what the complainant has said. We are in the process of recording the statements of independent witnesses."
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