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SHAHRUKH KHAN DETAINED IN US

August 15th, 2009 by Ravi Matah | Posted in News   Comments Off on SHAHRUKH KHAN DETAINED IN US

MY  NAME  IS  KHAN

According to latest news, Super star Shahrukh Khan was detained at US Newark airport at New Jersey, and was questioned for over two hours, probably because of his surname, on Friday night. He was allowed to go only after Indian Embassy officials vouched for him. Shah Rukh was on his way to Chicago to attend an Independence Day parade.

The incident was reported on various Indian TV news channels on Saturday, 15 August 2009, India’s 62nd Independence Day. Speaking to a TV news journalist about the incident he said, “They said my name was common to a name that had popped up on their computer”…  “I was taken to a room and questioned for two hours.” (more…)