Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he was detained at a US airport.

"I fully understand and respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks," Shah Rukh said in a tweet posted on Friday morning (IST).

Precise details of when and why he was detained were not known. But Bollywood sources have said the actor was in Los Angeles.

On a positive note, he wrote: "The brighter side is while waiting caught some really nice Pokemons."

This is not the first time that Shah Rukh, one of Hindi film industry's most successful stars, has been detained at a US airport.

In 2012, the "My Name Is Khan" actor 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.

Back 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.

--IANS

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