India to strongly take up issue of Shahrukh`s detention in US

Bikaner (Raj), Aug 16 (PTI) India will "strongly" take up
with the US the issue of detention of Hindi Film star Shahrukh
Khan at an American airport, Civil Aviation Minister Praful
Patel said Sunday, asserting that such incidents were
unacceptable.

"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," Patel told reporters here in the northern state
of Rajasthan.

Khan was detained for two hours at Newark airport by
immigration officials after his name matched with some names
on a common checklist, sparking angry reactions in India. He
was released following the intervention of Indian Consulate
officials.

The actor was in the US to take part in the South Asian
Carnival on the occasion of India's Independence Day. Khan,
on Saturday, had termed the incident as "uncalled for". PTI