Case filed against Shah Rukh Khan for allegedly creating riots and damaging railway property

Actors go to great lengths to promote their movies and superstar Shah Rukh Khan is no different. For promoting his movie ‘Raees’, the actor travelled by a train on January 23 from Mumbai to Delhi by an August Kranti Train.

But, little did he know that his train journey would prove to be a mayhem for one of his fans who unfortunately lost his life in the chaos at Kota railway station. Now, a vendor named Vikram Singh has filed a case against King Khan for allegedly rioting and damaging railway property at the station. Last night, the GRP registered the case filed by the vendor. (ALSO READ: Woohoo! Doordarshan all set to revive Shah Rukh Khan’s 1989 serial ‘Circus’)

The SHO of GRP police station said, “In his complaint, Vikram Singh alleged that on January 23, when Khan arrived at Kota railway station during promotion of Raees, ruckus was created by his fans”.

In his complaint, he has also accused SRK of throwing something from the gate of the coach of August Kranti Rajdhani Express train that led to a chaotic mess on the platform. His trolley overturned resulting in damage of items and he also got injured. The case has been registered under sections 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), 147 (rioting), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed) and 160 (committing affray) of IPC. The investigation in the matter has started.

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