Why was srk detained

He was released after India's embassy intervened. But, the actor added, there was a brighter side to the "detention":. Although there was no comment from immigration officials, the US State Department's assistant secretary on south and central Asian affairs, Nisha Biswal, tweeted to Khan, saying she was "sorry for the hassle", adding that US diplomats also face this situation. Some Indians wondered why one of Bollywood's biggest stars was routinely detained at US airports.

In the incident, the actor arrived on a private plane and was on his way to Yale University for a function when he was stopped. An Indian government minister said at the time that this "policy of detention and apology by the US cannot continue". US customs and border protection authorities later expressed "profound" apologies for the incident.

Khan had later made light of the incident and joked about it. Panache People City Life. ET Magazine. Here's a list of other Indians detained at US airports. Rate Story. Font Size Abc Small. Abc Medium.

Abc Large. ET Online. Twitterati, meanwhile, broke into a frenzy about Indians being stopped at American immigration. This is the third time in seven years that the actor has been stopped by US immigration officials at the country's airports, but he is not alone.

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