US says SORRY to SRK, Is it Enough?

The US authorities apologised to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan expressing the regret over his detention at the White Plains airport in New York on Friday. However, India reacted sharply saying it has become a habit these days.

Reacting to the actor's detention at a New York airport, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is currently in Moscow, talked tough on saying such incidents could not continue anymore. It has become a habit these days to first detain and then apologise.

Meanwhile, the Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao has been asked to take up the issue with the country.

After the detention of the actor for over two hours, the US Custom and Border Protection Department wrote a letter to the Indian Consulate expressing their regret over the matter.

King Khan was reportedly upset after he was detained by the US authorities at the White Plains airport in New York for over two hours. He described the incident saying it "always happens".

Shah Rukh had arrived in the US to attend a function at the Yale University where he was about to address the students. He had reportedly arrived at the airport in a private plane.

Sources told the PTI that Shah Rukh was stopped for over two hours while all were cleared by the immigration officials.

The episode of detention at airport in the US has been happening with him always. Earlier, the actor was detained at Newark airport in 2009 and was released after India's embassy in the US intervened.