The actor Saif Ali Khan who was conferred Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution in the field of art, may loose the honour as the RTI activist S C Agrawal had filed a complaint with the Union home ministry on March 14, demanding that be stripped of the award conferred in 2010 as a Mumbai court had framed charges against him for alleged scuffle in a restaurant.
The incident happened in 2012 when saif 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. The home ministry told Agrawal that “the matter is under examination”.