Shahrukh in legal trouble for comment on Prophet Mohammad

The Bandra police has filed an FIR (First Information Report) against the superstar, who is currently not in India but shooting his film My Name Is Khan in the US.

“We have registered an FIR against Shahrukh Khan after we received an application from an advocate who alleged that the actor made some statements hurting the sentiments of Muslims,” senior police inspector of Bandra police station, Prakash George is quoted as saying.


The alleged comment by SRK is made in an interview to Time and Style magazine in June edition. In the interview, SRK is asked to name some of the impressive figures in history.

The superstar allegedly replied: “There are lots of them, some negative ones like Hitler, Napoleon, Winston Churchill and if I can call it history, then Prophet Mohammed and from recent time Nelson Mandela…And there are nice ones like Gandhiji and Mother Teresa.”

Khalid Babu Qureshi, who is the president of the All India Jamaitul Quresh, alleges that SRK has put Prophet Mohammad in the same category of ‘negative figures’ as Hitler and Churchill and this is insulting to Muslims.

The case against SRK, the magazine and the writer has been registered under section 295-a (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religion feelings or any class by insulting its religion beliefs) and 34 (acts done by several persons with common interest) of IPC.

The actor’s statement will be taken after he returns to Mumbai.

If found guilty, SRK could face a maximum jail sentence of three years.



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