Shilpa detained, interrogated!

Tuesday night, Shilpa Shetty encountered airport problems again — she was off to Germany with her troupe of dancers and choreographers, about fifty of them, to perform for her musical ‘Miss Bollywood’ which unveils in Berlin on September 29. However, at the airport, she was accosted by the immigration authorities and detained in an isolated room for at least half an hour while the rest of her team were allowed to go.
Apparently the infamous Richard Gere kiss case is still pending a notice (a look-out notice, generally issued in criminal cases and served at exit points of the country) issued by a court in Rajasthan, disallowing her from flying out of the country.
But soon after, the Supreme Court had stepped in and given her the required permission to fly anywhere she wants to. But apparently the notice hasn’t reached the airports as yet and officials were not sure if she should be allowed to fly out of the country at all. Shilpa was not carrying the relief note with her. After a gruelling interrogation lasting about 30 minutes, she was finally allowed to go.
Earlier in June too, when Shilpa was flying to the UK, the same problem had cropped up and she was made to go through a similar gruelling session by immigration officials.
27/09/07 Shubha Shetty-Saha/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007