Bollywood actor Amrita Arora Ladak appeared as a witness before a court on Saturday in the case involving Saif Ali Khanwho was accused of assaulting an NRI businessman and his father-in-law at a five-star hotel in 2012.
According to PTI, Amrita, who was part of the dinner group with Khan on February 22, 2012, testified that the hotel had provided them with a separate enclosure where they were enjoying their meal.
She stated that the complainant suddenly entered their space and began shouting and hurling abuses at them.
“We saw someone barging into our enclosure and, in a very loud, aggressive voice, told us to shut up and keep quiet. We all got shocked at what was happening,” she said, adding that Khan immediately stood up and apologised.
The man then left and they continued with their dinner, she said.
After a while, when Khan excused himself to go to the washroom, they heard loud voices, one of them being that of the Bollywood actor, Ladak told the court.
Moments later, they saw the man barging into their enclosure and hitting Khan, Ladak deposed.
Everyone then intervened and separated the two. That’s when the man started abusing them and threatening them with “dire consequences”, she added.
Khan was with Kareena Kapoor, her sister Karishma, Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora Ladak and a few male friends at the hotel when the brawl broke out with NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma.
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According to police, when Sharma protested the raucous chatter of the actor and his friends, Saif allegedly threatened him and subsequently punched Sharma in the nose, fracturing it.
The NRI businessman also accused Saif and his friends of hitting his father-in-law Raman Patel.
However, Saif had maintained that Sharma made provocative statements or rather used abusive language against women with him and this led to the ruckus.
Saif and his two friends – Shakeel Ladak and Bilal Amrohi – have been charge-sheeted under section 325 (assault) of the Indian Penal Code.
