August 17, 2009
Indian Government To Take On US Govt. For SRK Detention Case
The detention of Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan at an American airport continued to spark outrage in the country with the Government saying the action was “offensive” and unacceptable and that it will “strongly” take up the issue with the US. “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,” Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Patel told reporters in Bikaner. Tweeting in the social networking site ”Tweeter”, Minister of state for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said, “we all found it offensive”.
Tharoor however said SRK himself spoke about the matter with “great dignity.” “This also happens to 100s of innocent Muslims daily who don”t have 1 billion population to stand up for them. Source
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