Bollywood
actor
Saif
Ali
Khan,
who
has
been
accused
of
punching
an
NRI
businessman
on
his
nose
said
that
the
brawl
is
not
a
"publicity
stunt" and
he
feels
sorry
for
what
has
happened.
The
41-year-old
actor
was
arrested
and
released
on
bail
last
night
after
Indian
origin
South
African
national
Iqbal
Meer
Sharma
complained
that
Saif
had
assaulted
him
at
the
Taj
Mahal
hotel
in
the
intervening
night
of
Tuesday
and
Wednesday.
At
a
press
conference
here
for
his
upcoming
film
Agent
Vinod,
Saif
said,
"This
is
not
a
publicity
stunt
(for
the
film).
I
hope
this
matter
gets
sorted
out
soon," he
said,
reiterating
that
he
could
have
handled
the
situation
in
a
better
way
but
it
didn't
happen.
Saif
Ali
Khan
was
honest
to
add,
“I
feel
sorry
for
what
has
happened."
The
incident
took
place
at
the
Wasabi
restaurant
in
the
hotel
where
the
actor
was
dining
with
his
girlfriend
Kareena
Kapoor,
Karisma
Kapoor,
producer
Bilal
Amrohi,
Malaika
Arora
Khan
and
her
sister
Amrita
Arora
Ladakh
who
was
accompanied
by
husband
Shakeel
Ladakh.
Saif
has
filed
a
counter
complaint
against
Sharma,
saying
that
he
acted
only
in
defence
after
the
businessman's
father-in-law
hit
him
and
the
duo
abused
the
ladies
with
him.
He
claimed
innocence
saying
the
charge
against
him
was
"false".
PTI
reported
Saif
Ali
Khan
as
saying,
"I
was
hit
first.
And
as
shocking
as
it
may
seem,
the
elderly
gentleman
hit
me.
I'm
not
sure
what
provoked
him.
I
was
only
defending
myself.
I
don't
think
any
gentleman
would
have
behaved
any
differently
than
what
I
did.
I
am
confident
that
justice
will
be
done.
I
think
they
(police)
have
the
CCTV
footage
from
the
restaurant
and
that
will
prove
everything,"
Saif
said
last
night.