In 2012, Shah Rukh Khan was detained at New York airport for over two hours by immigration officials. The US customs and border protection authorities had expressed "profound" apologies for the Shah Rukh Khan's detention then. In 2009 also, Khan was detained by US immigration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey because his name came up on a computer alert list. The immigration guys kicked the star out of stardom," Khan had said with some sarcasm about his earlier detentions. Khan, in a subsequent tweet took the incident in a stride and said, "The brighter side is while waiting caught some really nice Pokemons.

Source: Times of India August 12, 2016 04:49 UTC