Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Los Angeles airport by US immigration officials, following which a senior US diplomat of Indian origin apologised
Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was yet again detained by immigration department officials in the US. This time at the Los Angeles airport.
Shah Rukh Khan
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SRK on early Friday morning took to Twitter to share details of his harrowing time at the Los Angeles airport. The tweeted about his frustration of getting detained 'every damn time' by the getting detained immigration officials in the US.
I fully understand & respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 12, 2016
Shah Rukh Khan always looking at the 'brighter side' of things tweeted about catching pokemons while he was waiting at the airport.
The brighter side is while waiting caught some really nice Pokemons.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 12, 2016
A senior US diplomat of Indian origin has apologised to Shah Rukh Khan.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Biswal tweeted: "Sorry for the hassle at the airport, @iamsrk - even American diplomats get pulled for extra screening!"
Sorry for the hassle at the airport, @iamsrk - even American diplomats get pulled for extra screening!
— Nisha Biswal (@NishaBiswal) August 12, 2016
The actor yesterday was spotted at the Mumbai airport along with daughter Suhana and son Aryan (View Photos).
This is not the first time that Shah Rukh, one of Hindi film industry's most successful stars, was detained at a US airport.
In 2012, he was detained at a New York airport for two hours when he had arrived to visit Yale University, where he was honoured as a Chubb Fellow.
In 2009, he was stopped at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, and was released after two hours at the intervention of the Indian consulate in New York.
"I was really hassled at the American Airport because of my name being Khan. It was absolutely uncalled for. I felt angry and humiliated," said Shah Rukh, who was then heading towards Chicago to participate in an Independence Day celebration event.
"It is a Muslim name and I think the name is common on their checklist," he had then said.
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