Odisha police to beef up security for Shah Rukh Khan after Kalinga Sena threats

Shah Rukh Khan’s security arrangements will be made tighter after a fringe group in Odisha threatened to attack the actor upon his arrival in the state for Men’s Hockey World cup on November 27.

The commissionerate police on Saturday said that adequate security measures will be taken for the visit of Shah Rukh Khan to Odisha after the Kalinga Sena threatened to throw ink on his face. The Kalinga Sena, a fringe outfit in Odisha, has threatened to throw ink on the actor’s face for distorting history in his film Asoka that was released 17 years ago.

Kalinga Sena wants Shah Rukh Khan to apologise for his film 2001 film Asoka which he says distorted facts about the Kalinga war.

It also threatened to show him black flags on his arrival during the inauguration of the Men’s Hockey World cup scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium here on November 27.

“We will take adequate security measures for the visit of Shah Rukh Khan during hockey world cup. However, the schedule of the actor is yet to reach,” said Bhubaneswar DCP Anup Sahu.

Hemant Rath, the chief of the outfit, demanded an apology from Shah Rukh for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the Odisha people in Asoka.

The outfit alleged that the film dishonoured the state’s culture and its people by portraying the Kalinga war in a wrong manner.

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