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By Tuesday night, police officials had convinced Gaurav to pursue legal action in the case.

However, the first information report, on the basis of which police are investigating the case, was filed on a complaint by the Hyatt Regency hotel’s assistant security manager.

Gaurav said he had gone to the hotel to have dinner with a woman friend. He said she felt sick after having some soup, so he had accompanied her to the washroom.

As he waited outside the washroom at around 3am, he said three women who appeared to be drunk went inside the washroom and started hurling abuses at his friend. “I could hear them bullying and abusing my friend inside the washroom. I decided to call the hotel staff to assist my friend,” Gaurav said.

“They went on to abuse me too, but I didn’t retaliate and told them I did not want a fight,” he said. He claimed that he tried to usher his friend away from the commotion and back to the restaurant when Ashish allegedly confronted them in the hotel’s porch.

Ashish was carrying a gun and appeared to be ready for a fight, he said.

“He said he would shoot me. I asked him to go home and not to escalate the matter. I tried to explain to him that there was no reason for a fight. I honestly didn’t know how to react in the face of a gun,” said Gaurav.

He credited one of Ashish’s male friends for trying to intervene. “One of Ashish’s friends approached me and told me that they were drunk and advised me not to react,” said Gaurav.

The video of the altercation shows the same friend trying to pull Ashish away from the confrontation.

Gaurav said he glad that he did not have his hands in his pockets at the time of the confrontation. “He could have thought that I too have a gun and could have actually shot me,” said Gaurav. “No one wants this to happen in their lives. I just want to keep a low profile and go on with my life,” he added.