The over 3-year-old ban on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on entering the Wankhede Stadium was lifted today by the Mumbai Cricket Association. The Association had imposed the ban following a 2012 fracas involving the Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and security personnel during an IPL match. MCA vice president Ashish Shelar said after the Association's meeting in Mumbai that it was decided that the ban imposed on IPL's Kolkata franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan should be lifted. He said he made the proposal with the prior approval of MCA President Sharad Pawar and the managing committee approved it unanimously.The Bollywood superstar was banned from entering MCA premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, for five years for engaging in a scuffle with the officials of the cricketing body and the security staff on May 16 following KKR's victory over Mumbai Indians.The ban order was issued two days later by the MCA's Managing Committee then headed by Vilasrao Deshmukh, a former Maharashtra chief minister.The actor had rejected the charge of misbehaviour and claimed he had reacted only after children who had accompanied him for the match, including his own kinds, were "manhandled" by the security staff. The MCA Managing Committee also decided not to contest the life ban imposed by the BCCI on Mumbai cricketer Ankeet Chavan in connection with IPL 6 spot fixing scandal despite a Delhi court dropping criminal charges against him.
News On AIR | August 2, 2015 6:11 PM
MCA lifts 3-year old Wankhede Stadium entry ban on Shah Rukh Khan