Bollywood Star Held in U.S. Airport, Fans Outraged!!

[christera22 8]

Source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090815/people..._india_usa_khan

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan said he felt angry and humiliated after he was detained and questioned at a U.S. airport, sparking an uproar in India among his fans.

Khan, 43, one of India's best known actors, was enroute to Chicago for a parade to mark the Indian independence day on Saturday when he was pulled aside at Newark airport Friday, he said.

"I was really hassled perhaps because of my name being Khan. These guys just wouldn't let me through," he said in a text message to reporters in India.

After a couple of hours' interrogation, he was allowed to make a call, he said, and he got in touch with the Indian consulate who vouched for him and secured his release.

"Absolutely uncalled for, I think. I felt angry and humiliated," said Khan, who had just finished a month-long shoot in the United States for his upcoming film "My Name is Khan," which is about a Muslim man's experience with racial profiling.

A U.S. consul official in India told a television channel they were inquiring into the matter.

As news of Khan's detention broke on Indian television channels, which have played up attacks in Australia on Indian students, fans and actors began posting angry comments on the Internet.

"Shocking, disturbing n downright disgraceful. It's such behavior that fuels hatred and racism. SRK's a world figure for God's sake. Get real!!," tweeted actor Priyanka Chopra.

Indian Information Minister Ambika Soni told a television station that while she could not say if Khan had been detained "on religious grounds, there have been too many instances like these in the U.S. concerning Indians."

Last month U.S-based carrier Continental Airlines apologized to former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for frisking him at New Delhi airport.

[nowhereman 1]

It could be that his name shows up on the terrorist watch list. We used to have a Major in my Army unit that was held every single time he flew because apparently some terrorist had the same name. Like others have said we need to hear the whole story before passing judgement.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Perhaps he was being an arrogant chop____ and putting on airs--which ticked off some people holding firearms....

[Baltar 0]

It could be that his name shows up on the terrorist watch list. We used to have a Major in my Army unit that was held every single time he flew because apparently some terrorist had the same name. Like others have said we need to hear the whole story before passing judgement.

Highly Doubt it

when I was coming back in march, Newark was my POE. I have my US passport but they had me held in detention exactly like Shah rukh khan

I had a connecting flight to florida in 2 hours, they had me held waiting for my luggage for 1hr50mins, leaving me 10 minutes to run to the connecting flight on the other side of the airport.

Of course no one's gonna get fired over this, after all theyre protecting people from those pesky terrorists with their legal visas and legal passports and their legal i130's...

[trinket 30]

They were just jealous of his louis vuitton bags

[bhajishah 4]

its profiling, they didnt believe who he was even after people recognized him as valid, had to get ok from the Indian consulate b4 they let him through. funny thing is he just finished a film in the states on basically the same issue.