Mallya Junior nice host, tweet disappointing: Sahil Peerzada

NEW DELHI: Sahil Peerzada, who was allegedly assaulted by IPL cricketer Luke Pomersbach on Friday morning after a party at the Maurya hotel, was discharged from hospital on Monday afternoon. Sahil, who reportedly suffered partial hearing loss in the attack, said he was recovering after the surgery. Speaking exclusively to TOI, he recounted the events leading up to the alleged incident of molestation and assault.
Sahil said he returned to his suite after the IPL match on Thursday and headed for the party at Dublin club in the same hotel. “I went to the party with my friend Moiz. I have met Siddharth Mallya a few times earlier and he was always friendly. At the party, he was being a great host and behaved very well with me. Later, Zoe (Zohal) joined us at the party as she had gone to the room to refresh herself.”
“I was disappointed with the statements made by Siddharth Mallya later in his tweets. I did not like the language used and did not expect him to say the kind of things he said. He should apologize.”
Sahil said when he met Luke at the party, the cricketer was behaving decently. “He was nice, and not behaving in any offensive manner. He even invited us for drinks to his room, and I declined, saying that I wanted to call it a night.”
However, he said, Luke followed him out of the party. “He was following us as we left the party, and I could not really say no. He had been nice enough, and I didn’t want to be rude. When he came upstairs with us to the room, I asked him to make himself comfortable and sit down. Zohal said she wanted to retire to bed after a few minutes, and got up to leave, which is when Luke molested her,” said Sahil.
“I stood up and politely told him to leave. I just said, ‘Leave the room’, but he assaulted me. We were surprised by his behaviour.”
Sahil said he had given his complaint against Luke and wanted the law to take its course. “What has happened cannot be undone. I just want the courts to decide now, and want nothing to do with him. He should apologize for his behaviour; it was unwarranted.”
Reacting to rumours that he used to be an actor and a model, Sahil said he had never been either. “I am surprised where these rumours are arising from but I am a businessman and am in the infrastructure and construction business.”
Claiming that he had nothing to do with IPL or match fixing, Sahil said he was a sports buff and enjoyed watching matches. “Friday’s match was the first IPL match of the season that I had watched. Zohal doesn’t even know what IPL is, and it was the first such match she has ever seen. She was actually quite bored there.”
Sahil has also been linked with a line of female celebrities. “I have not had such a string of relationships. I was in a serious relationship with Shama (Sikander, a TV actress), that’s all. I have known Zohal for the last six years now and we are very close and I don’t want to publicly discuss my personal relationship,” he said.
Meanwhile, Zohal is rumoured to have been married to Mumbai-based businessman Shlok Baghtiani. Sahil said, “He was just a person I used to bump into at the gym, and Zohal knows him as my friend. We do not owe such personal clarification to anybody. Let the court decide on the case.”