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Saif Ali Khan's scandalous past

Reasons why Saif Ali Khan may be stripped off Padma Shri award

Perhaps the nawab may be stripped off the honour that was bestowed on him not long back. Many controversies and criminal cases are behind Central government's action of stripping Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan of Padma award. Let's have a look at those. Mumbai court had framed charges against Saif for alleged brawl in Mumbai restaurant in 2012 . His scuffle with Iqbal Sharma, a South African trade official at Taj Hotel's high profile restaurant Wasabi, is making a lot of noise. Saif and his Bollywood friends were attracting a lot of attention as they were making lot of noise around disturbing others present in the restaurant. When objections were raised Saif walked up to the Iqbal Sharma, a South African businessman, and punched him on the nose, fracturing it. Saif was arrested and released on bail within 90 minutes. On March 14, S C Agrawal, an RTI activist, had filed a complaint with the Union Home Ministry demanding stripping Saif of the award Saif was conferred with the honour for his contribution in the field of art.