Emraan Hashmi backtracks, blames `miscommunication`

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, whohad caused a stir by alleging religious profiling in posh Pali Hill area, has taken a U-turn, terming the incident a "miscommunication". "There has been a miscommunication. The society had not discriminated against me and has today said that if anyone wants to sell their house in the building, I can buy it," Hashmi told reporters after a hearing at the Minorities Commision.

The controversy on the allotment of flat to Hashmi at the Nibana housing society in the posh Pali Hill at suburban Bandra was resolved today. Last week, Hashmi had alleged that he was denied a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the society because they did not want the flat to go to a Muslim. Hashmi had approached the State Minorities Commission, seeking its intervention but the issue has been solved amicably. "The broker Jagjit Arora had told Emraan that the society had refused to sell him the flat as he was a Muslim. However, the secretary of the society today said that they had not received the flat," Majid Memon, Hashmi`s lawyer, said. The owner of the flat DU Suvarna said that he will be happy to sell the flat to the actor who is like a "son" to him. "If in future I decide to sell the flat, then my first choice will be Emraan," he said. Bureau Report