Mumbai, August 16: The US Customs and Border Protection has come out with a statement and denied any racial angle to the incident and have come up with a statement calling the allegations by the superstar Shahrukh Khan- incorrect.
Earlier, the Bollywood Badshah was detained at the Newark Airport, New Jersey to be questioned for two hours, following the incident announced as racial being him a ‘Khan’.
News is that, SRK and his personal Muslim body guard were held and rest being given a go by raised the issue at the airport. Even after the actor recognized himself as the Indian movie star, still the particular official was not ready to accept any statements by SRK.
Shah Rukh reacted strongly to his detention episode calling it ‘uncalled for’. In an interview to a website, Shah Rukh said, “I am devoid; it hurts your self respect. I don’t want to make an ego issue out of it but I think I would avoid coming to this place now.” Shahrukh was disappointed with retort of US airport officials.
Clearing the air on the racial twist to the whole episode, a cautious US Customs and Border Protection said that ‘Shah Rukh Khan was not singled out because of his name’. The department maintained that such uncalled for controversy is ‘incorrect allegation’. The department maintained that Shah Rukh was inspected because his baggage had not arrived and the entire process ended in one hour. However, Shah Rukh Khan was released after the Indian embassy intervened.
The actor however, further added, “I was made to answer silly questions which had no relation with a legal and a general interrogation. They didn’t let me use my phone for an hour. I was travelling alone as the US consulate hadn’t allowed a visa to my bodyguard who coincidentally has the same name. As it is I am quite reluctant in coming to the US and I would make sure that I avoid it in the future.” “I was really hassled at the airport because of my name being Khan…The couple of hours of interrogation wanting to know if I know anyone in America while all around people were vouching for me from India and Pakistan,” upset Shahrukh was quoted as saying.
—Agencies