The whole nation is crazily waiting for the release of “Raees”; SRK fans have already started getting sleepless nights. In order to attract more attention and to boost the promotions of the movie, SRK decided to go to various places himself and promote “Raees”.
He didn’t travel in flights or luxury cars, but decided to complete his promotional journey in August Kranti Express from Mumbai to Delhi. Usually, the actor never travels by train, but since he wanted to reach a large number of people in a short time, he preferred this option.
Although this journey would bring Shah Rukh Khan lot of fortune, it proved to be fatal for one of his fans.
His promotional campaign is known as “Raees by Rail” and yesterday, he was supposed to address his fans at Gujarat’s Vadodara station. Among all his fans was a known politician from Samajwadi party, Farheed Khan Pathan, along with his family (Wife and a daughter). They were excited to see the star but little did they know that they that this would be the most dreadful experience of their lives. Yes, Farheed lost his life amidst this.
Since SRK didn’t get down from the train and just waved to the fans, the crowd became uncontrollable.
After the train left, everyone rushed towards the exit, thereby causing a heavy rush there. This is exactly why Farheed Khan died; he became breathless amidst this crowd and fainted. As soon as he was taken to the hospital for treatment, doctors declared him as dead.
Farheed wasn’t alone, there were 2 more constables who got serious injuries and had to be rushed to the hospital. After SRK came to know that a crazy fan of his died while trying to have a glimpse of him, he felt very bad. He said “It’s unfortunate, my prayers are with the family of the deceased (died during commotion).”
King Khan even shared a glimpse of the crowd on Twitter;
All lights and love in Valsad. Thank u for welcoming team Raees. pic.twitter.com/0xzP2zIRBE
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 23, 2017
Craze is fine to some extent; but this incident is very sad. Poor fan must have never even thought in the wildest of his dreams that he will have to sacrifice his life in a bid to meet his favorite star.
Update:- Guy was not here to see SRK, he had come to meet someone else.
He was not there to see SRK,had come to meet someone but police started lathi-charge&he fell: Kin of person killed during in Vadodara #Raees pic.twitter.com/hiP2gPUJZm
— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2017
