Praful Patel | Shahrukh Khan | Detention | Newark International Airport

Bikaner (ANI): The Government on Sunday said that it intends to strongly raise the incident related to Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's detention at the Newark International Airport in US, with the United States. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, reacting to the incident, said that such incidents were unacceptable.

"We will take the issue with the United States government strongly. Such incidents involving Indians due to their religion or nationality should not happen. We will not accept it," said Praful Patel. Khan was detained for about two hours on Saturday morning at the airport in New Jersey, USA, where he had arrived to attend a South Asian related event.

Khan was released after Congress MP Rajiv Shukla spoke to the authorities in the US and the Indian consulate. He was detained after his name flashed on a computer and was asked several questions about the purpose of his visit.

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Clem Kadidlehopper 19 Aug 2009 06:17 pm

Maybe this is all about publicity for his new movie- does kinda tie in, you know- 9/11, profiling? duh! Ah well, it's not like there are any more deplorable issues plaguing the globe. We should all worry about some "movie star" being mistreated. Don't worry about world hunger or violence.

Jim Prince 18 Aug 2009 07:39 pm

Looks like most people commenting here have completely missed the point. Of course, no movie star or politician deserves any special treatment. However, in United States and other Western Countries like U.K. there is a huge undercurrent of racism/profiling. It is done under the guise of law and order and security. Most people, most of the time are not discriminated. However, when you who do get discriminated, you recognize it right away. For minorities, be it black, hispanics or Muslims, these incidents are extremely humiliating and the person tends to remember it for life time. Which in turn feeds the hatred and resenment. With the weapon of law and order, often innocents are arrested, jailed and their lives completely destroyed. Blacks, hispanics and other minorities who are often pulled over for minor or no traffic violations are well aware of these facts. No one is encouraging special treatment for VIPs but under the guise of haulting terrorism, in Mr. Khan's case What you see now is the humiliating, arrogant actions, which affect the minorities psyche at a very deep level. No one, including the President of India, is safe from it.

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