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Saif Ali Khan may lose Padma honour
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Saif Ali Khan may lose Padma honour
NEW DELHI: The government is examining a demand for withdrawing the Padma honour conferred on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan following a Mumbai court framing charges against him.
RTI activist S C Agrawal had filed a complaint with the Union home ministry on March 14 , demanding that the actor be stripped of the award conferred in 2010 as a Mumbai court had framed charges against him for alleged scuffle in a restaurant.
In response to a subsequent RTI application filed to know the status of his complaint, the home ministry told Agrawal that "the matter is under examination".
The 43-year-old Khan was conferred Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution in the field of art.
However, Khan and two of his friends " Shakeel Ladak and Bilal Amrohi " were charged under Section 325 (assault) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that Khan punched the nose of a South Africa-based businessman and his father-in-law at a Colaba hotel in February 2012. Khan and his two friends pleaded not guilty after the metropolitan court in Mumbai read out the charges to them in March .
RTI activist S C Agrawal had filed a complaint with the Union home ministry on March 14 , demanding that the actor be stripped of the award conferred in 2010 as a Mumbai court had framed charges against him for alleged scuffle in a restaurant.
In response to a subsequent RTI application filed to know the status of his complaint, the home ministry told Agrawal that "the matter is under examination".
The 43-year-old Khan was conferred Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution in the field of art.
However, Khan and two of his friends " Shakeel Ladak and Bilal Amrohi " were charged under Section 325 (assault) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that Khan punched the nose of a South Africa-based businessman and his father-in-law at a Colaba hotel in February 2012. Khan and his two friends pleaded not guilty after the metropolitan court in Mumbai read out the charges to them in March .
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