New Delhi: Actor Shah Rukh Khan has cleared rumours about the actor’s involvement in the release of India’s naval officers from Qatar. The actor’s manager Pooja Dadlani released a statement regarding the same and denied the reports of the actor’s involvement.
The statement read, “Regarding the reports concerning Shah Rukh Khan's purported role in the release of India's naval officers from Qatar, the office of Mr. Shah Rukh Khan says that any such assertions of his involvement are unfounded, emphasizing the execution of this successful resolution solely rests with the Indian government officials and unequivocally denies Mr.Khan’s participation in this matter.”
“Additionally, all matters involving diplomacy and statecraft are best executed by our very able leaders. Mr. Khan like many other Indians is happy that the naval officers are home safe and wishes them all the best.”
On Tuesday, former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy took to X and said that the actor had a role in persuading the Qatar government to set eight Indian Navy veterans free who were held on espionage charges. He wrote, "Modi should take Cinema star Sharuk Khan to Qatar with him since after MEA and NSA had failed to persuade the Shiekhs of Qatar, Modi pleaded with Khan to intervene , and thus got an expensive settlement from the Qatar Shiekhs to free our Naval officers."
Recently, Shah Rukh Khan visited Qatar as a guest of honor to attend the AFC Final. Photographs captured him receiving greetings from Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.
In a statement released on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs announced the return of seven out of the eight former Indian Navy personnel from Qatar. These Navy veterans had been detained in the Gulf country in August 2022 on charges of espionage. The Qatari authorities had accused them of spying on a submarine, leading to their imprisonment in the same month.