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Amitabh says `sorry'

3 lensmen injured in scuffle with guards outside his home

— Photo: PTI

SEEK BLESSINGS: Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala on Sunday as Abhishek's father Amitabh Bachchan looks on.

MUMBAI: Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday apologised for the scuffle between media and security guards outside his residence here that left three photojournalists injured. He said his friend Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's bodyguards were involved in the incident.

"I would like to apologise with folded hands for the incident that occurred yesterday [Saturday]. It is an occasion of happiness for us and we don't want anyone to face problems due to this," he said, referring to the strict security arrangements in place at his bungalow Prateeksha for the marriage of his son Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai.

"The security personnel involved in the incident were not our guards but the Black Cat commandos of Mr. Amar Singh. He and his security personnel have gone but I would like to apologise," he said shortly after returning here from a visit to Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala with the newly-weds.

The photojournalists were injured when members of the media scuffled with security guards outside Prateeksha in suburban Juhu while Abhishek and Aishwarya were heading for the bungalow after the `bidaai' ceremony in Bandra.

Journalists later staged a protest against the incident on Saturday night.

Mr. Bachchan said the newly-weds were in a hurry to return home as Aishwarya had to enter the bungalow before sunset and a doctor was waiting to attend to Mr. Amar Singh. — PTI

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