well, i was one of the few people who questioned the assumption that shahrukh khan was by definition innocent. i did say, "what if the yanks had credible intel about dawood connections to bollywood?"
yes, it's entirely possible that there are connections between khan and pals and dawood.
From: arun
Like in most Bollywood flicks, there is a new twist to the much hyped and publicised story of the detention of super star Shah Rukh Khan in the US last week.
The story thus far was that Khan was a `victim' of racial profiling and that he was detained for detailed questioning because of his name, religion and, probably, the colour of his skin.
But now there is a new angle: the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may have detained Khan at the Newark Liberty International Airport last week because the organisers of his show in the US were not above the watermarks of controversies, including underworld links.
The promoters of the show were Farhath Hussain, a businessman from London, and his brother Altaf Hussain, a Chicago-based businessman. The brothers are self-proclaimed fans and promoters of Bollywood and together run the Lake County South Asian Entertainment Inc.
US authorities reportedly suspect the brothers on two counts: tax evasion and underworld links, according to a report in Times of India.
The report goes on to say that there are other promoters too along with Lake County South Asian Entertainment Inc and some of them are on the radar of authorities in the US, UK and India. It was this blip on the radar that forced the CBP to ask Khan to step aside for detailed questioning.
Khan had given interviews to various newspapers and TV channels and one thing that he said was that some of the questions he had to answer were silly, irrelevant and even disrespectful.
Now in the context of the new angle, these questions have assumed significance.
This is probably why the CPB refused to let go Khan despite the representatives of the organisers of the show standing in for the super star's identity and the status that he enjoyed in India.
Added to this, Khan's baggage was missing and the new airport security says that such cases have to be further investigated.
Earlier, the Bollywood showbiz in the US was controlled by one Vijay Taneja and his company Elite Entertainment. But this firm had to wind up as Taneja was convicted in a mortgage fraud last year.
Source: India Syndicate
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You are perfectly right.
More news at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/Heat-on-SRK-was-because-of-scanner-on-Bollywood-shows/articleshow/4916759.cms
-Satya
Editorials supporting SRK detention.
N ow that the uproar over Shah Rukh Khan being stopped at Newark Liberty International Airport for an identity verification is dying down, let me congratulate Homeland Security for doing a great job in a very difficult situation
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Nice Racket.
Meanwhile, sources who spoke to a ToI described a complex web of financial transactions around Bol- lywood shows in the west, involv- ing layers of players. At the top of the rung are promoters in Mum bai, who sold shows to overseas e players such as Farhath Hussain r and Vijay Taneja. These guys in i turn sold the shows to local pror moters in European and US cities, who banked on ticket sales and retail advertisers to recoup the s money they spent to bid for the shows.
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