MUMBAI — In further trouble for actor Saif Ali Khan, the complainant in the 2012 Taj brawl case has refused to settle the matter mutually out of court, NDTV reported. “I have moved an application before the mediator saying that the complainant (Iqbal Mir Sharma) doesn't want to go for mediation but wants trial to go ahead in the case,” public prosecutor Wajid Sheikh told the Press Trust of India. The matter will now be referred to a trial court, he added. Khan and his two friends - Bilal Amrohi and Shakkel Ladak - were arrested following a complaint filed by Sharma, an NRI businessman, after an alleged fight at a restaurant inside Taj Hotel on Feb. 22, 2012. According to police, when Sharma protested the raucous chatter of the actor and his friends, Khan allegedly threatened him and subsequently punched Sharma in the nose, fracturing it. The businessman also accused Khan and his friends of hitting his father-in-law Raman Patel. Khan, on the other hand, said that Sharma made provocative statements and used abusive language against the women accompanying him (including his wife actor Kareena Kapoor and her sister Karishma) which led to the spat. — Agencies
