New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- Congress leader and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Rajeev Shukla has shared details of how he helped Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during an incident at a Newark airport in the US, where the actor was detained for hours amid stringent post-9/11 security measures.

Speaking about the incident, Shukla said that Shah Rukh Khan had contacted him at the time. In a conversation with ANI, he recalled, "Unhone phone isliye kiya tha ki random vo chal raha tha ki naam ko dekhkar kisi ka bhi baggage rok lete the..They used to stop anyone and make them sit...After 9/11, you could not question security people at the airport. Their laws were so strict...to unko(SRK) bhi harassment ho raha tha...us...