MUMBAI: Police have charged Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan for allegedly assaulting and breaking the nose of a South African businessman at a luxury hotel earlier this year, a report said on Friday.

The actor ran into trouble after Iqbal Sharma registered a case with the police in February, complaining that he was pushed and punched in the face by Khan at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel’s Wasabi Japanese restaurant in Mumbai.

“Colaba police station filed the charge sheet against Saif in a metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravindra Shishwe told the Press Trust of India news agency.—AFP

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