Shah Rukh Khan Stopped At Mumbai Airport - Page 2

Originally posted by: beena_jon

Actor Shah Rukh Khan was stopped for hours by the Customs Department at Mumbai Airport last night over some luxury watches that he and those accompanying him were carrying in their baggage. Sources said he had to pay ₹ 6.83 lakh in Customs Duty before being allowed to leave the airport.

The Bollywood star was returning after attending an event in Sharjah and had landed at Terminal 3 of Mumbai International Airport on a private jet.

The luxury watches were found in the baggage when Mr Khan and those accompanying him were leaving the terminal.

According to reports, while Mr Khan and his manager left the airport upon completion of Customs formalities, some members of his entourage, including his bodyguard, were allowed to leave only around morning

Reports said packaging for six luxury watches valued around ₹ 18 lakh were also found in the baggage of the star.

Mr Khan attended the Sharjah International Book Fair 2022 yesterday, where he was honoured with the Global Icon of Cinema and Cultural Narrative Award for his contribution to international cinema and culture.

All this was is luxury watches ?

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

All this was is luxury watches ?

I know.😆 And the article says SRK finished customs formalities and went home.

This is now news. 😆

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

I know.😆 And the article says SRK finished customs formalities and went home.

This is now news. 😆

Tomorrow they will make news of bathroom visits 😆

https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1591656507514712067?t=n1PgfJs4dPq_CQmm9ANbSQ&s=19

Media... at least it was clarified by officials (and printed)...but again a try to spread false negativity concerning SRK...

I’m sure the news was given by BJP

Silly airport bunch, stopping him for Watches .... What NONSENSE 😲

Could it be possible backlash from the frivolous 'cruise ship case' ?

This afternoon news outlets went into a tizzy reporting that Shah Rukh Khan and his team had been stopped at Mumbai airport in an incident involving payment of duties. It was reported that SRK was made to pay Rs 6.83 lakhs as penalty for luxury watches worth Rs 18 lakhs. ETimes spoke to a senior customs officer who refuted the sensationalism around this incident. The officer who requested to be anonymous said, "Shah Rukh Khan and his team were asked to pay duty for goods they were carrying. There was no penalty or interception as is being reported by the media. Everything being said on social media with regards to this case is a factual mismatch."

Sharing minute details of the incident, the customs expert explained, "SRK and his team arrived at the GA terminal at around 12.30 pm. Unlike the T2, where there are different colour-coded channels for different types of passengers and their duty related screenings, the GA terminal has no separate classifications. So the entire team was carrying 6-7 bags which were screened by security and they had several watch winders (specialised cases used for luxury watches) and one Apple watch, which they didn't have receipts for, as they declared these were gifts. We searched for the value of these items on the internet and we determined everything put together was worth Rs 17.86 lakhs."

Reports had suggested SRK was carrying expensive watches, when in fact, the items were watch winder cases instead. The officer further revealed, "Then, Ravi Singh, who is from SRK's security team (Ravi is Shah Rukh Khan's trusted bodyguard) was escorted with one bag, which had the goods for payment of duty along with one customs officer to Terminal 2. Over there, Ravi paid the customs duty of Rs 6.88 lakhs (calculated as per the customs duty of 38.5 percent)."

The officer said that the way this incident was portrayed in the media felt like some big operation was conducted but that's not the case. He said, "This process should not have been labelled as an interception because these interceptions happen on T2, where there is a large volume of passengers. In fact, after this incident, airport and customs authorities are now contemplating installing duty services and personnel at the GA terminal as well, to avoid such confusion in the future."

He got stuff and paid duty simple. There is no news here actually 🤷‍♂️