One person was killed and two policemen were injured due to a stampede after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the railway station on Vadodara on Monday night.
The star was travelling to Delhi by the August Kranti Rajdhani Express for the promotion of his upcoming film ‘Raees’.
However, this meant that were large crowds at every station awaiting the actor. From Mumbai Central, where the train starts from:
Raees aa raha hain! @iamsrk snapped at Bombay Central before embarking on the #RaeesByRail Mumbai to Delhi journey. @RaeesTheFilm pic.twitter.com/vR9Z4N8ftK
— Priya Adivarekar (@priyaadivarekar) January 23, 2017
At Vapi:
My journey from one bogey to witness mad crowd in front of @iamsrk compartment #Vapi #RaeesByRail pic.twitter.com/R2GmJhlTcA
— Faridoon Shahryar (@iFaridoon) January 23, 2017
At Vadodara:
As we reach #Vadodara… This is a sea of people tha lt we witness from inside the train #RaeesByRail pic.twitter.com/TBJayuIXDU
— Faridoon Shahryar (@iFaridoon) January 23, 2017
At Surat:
Thank u Gujarat. This is so beautiful. Thanks for waiting for Raees Surat. pic.twitter.com/SL8bMGhdcg
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 23, 2017
The train arrived at Vadodara station at 10:30 pm and halted for around 10 minutes. Cricketers Irrfan and Yusuf Pathan were also at the station to meet Shah Rukh Khan along with a large number of eager fans.
#RaeesByRail – @IrfanPathan & @iamyusufpathan greet @iamsrk at #Vadodara during his epic #rail journey https://t.co/ZoKkMXEWQH #Bollywood pic.twitter.com/pXa1fhfCvP
— Vadodara Info (@InVadodaraInfo) January 24, 2017
“The crowd went berserk when the train halted and began banging its window panes and even falling on top of each other. Police had to resort to mild lathicharge to control the crowd,” an official from the railway police told PTI.
“When the train started moving, people started running along with it. Due to the rush, one person died of breathlessness and two policemen posted there to control the crowd were injured,” the official said.
વડોદરામાં શાહરુખ ખાનને નિહાળવામાં એક વ્યક્તિએ જીવ ગુમાવ્યો @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/HUSNEDAXuW
— વિશ્વ ગુજરાત (@vishvagujarat) January 24, 2017
Local authorities said the deceased person was identified as Farheed Khan Pathan, a local politician.