Saif Ali Khan tenders apology to the media

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan today apologised to the local media fraternity and reached a compromise with it a day after his security staff was embroiled in a skirmish with two photojournalists during the shoot of a film at the railway station here. The compromise was reached between two sides here this evening when Saif tendered an apology for the "inconvenience" caused to the media by his security guards and owned up the responsibility for the incident at a meeting with the photojournalist arranged at the initiative of the actor.

Saif shook hands with the photo journalist of a vernacular daily who had lodged a complaint against him and his security guards. The GRP had yesterday lodged a case against the actor charging him with threatening to kill and assault in connection with the incident.

Today, Saif requested the General Railway Police (GRP) to arrange a meeting with the media at the guest house of GRP. Later, talking to the media here, Saif said "it was unfortunate for us that the things happened like this and I as producer of the unit has taken the whole responsibility of the episode". The actor, however, denied he was involved in the scuffle and said his security staff had misbehaved with the journalists.

In a statement issued in Mumbai, Saif said as a producer, he apologised on behalf of his security staff. He claimed he he was not present at the time of the incident at Patiala railway station.

"But as a producer and on behalf of Illuminati Films, our company, I would like to apologise on behalf of our security for the inconvenince caused to the local press".