Actor Amrita Arora testifies in 2012 assault case against Saif

Actor Amrita Arora on Saturday deposed before a metropolitan magistrate court in a 2012 brawl case involving actor Saif Ali Khan, who is facing the charge of assaulting a businessman from South Africa and his father-in-law at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai.

- Revu Suresh

MUMBAI: Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, a 30-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin, who was arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan during a break-in at his Bandra residence in the early hours of January 16, has moved a bail plea before the sessions court.

In his petition, Shariful contended that the First Information Report (FIR) filed against him was fabricated and that he had been falsely implicated. "The present accused states that the FIR is patently false, and a false case has been registered against him," the plea stated. The matter is scheduled to be heard by sessions judge SM Patil on April 1.