New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) Reacting to the sexual harassment allegations against filmmaker Sajid Khan, cousin Farhan Akhtar on Friday said he is shocked, disappointed about it and he will have to find a way to atone his alleged actions.

'I cannot adequately stress how shocked, disappointed and heartbroken I am to read the stories about Sajid’s behaviour. I don’t know how but he will have to find a way to atone for his alleged actions,' Farhan said in a tweet.

Sajid on Friday announced he would step down from his directorial post in the upcoming movie 'Housefull 4'.

'In the wake of the allegations against me and the pressure being put on my family, my producer and the stars of the film 'Housefull 4', I must take the moral responsibility of stepping down from my directorial post, till the time I can allay the allegations and prove the truth. I request my friends in the media to kindly not pass judgment till the truth is out,' Sajid said in a statement on Twitter.

Farhan who is the cousin of Farah Khan and Sajid Khan, earlier gave a statement saying, 'Whatever the consequences(legally, financially and socially) for the men named may be, one thing is for certain .. ‘NO means NO’ has never been as powerful a statement as it is today. That in itself is a major victory already.'

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