Shah Rukh Khan deeply saddened by fan's death

The man reportedly died after experiencing cardiac arrest

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of a fan at the Vadodara railway station during the promotional tour of his movie Raees.

Shah Rukh -- known for ingenious marketing ideas -- boarded the August Kranti Rajdhani to Delhi from Mumbai to promote Raees. But things got out of control when fans went berserk at the Vadodara station, leaving one person dead and two others injured.



Calling the incident unfortunate, the 51-year-old actor said he was saddened and praying for the family of the deceased to remain strong. The deceased was a relative of a colleague travelling with the actor.

"One of our colleagues was travelling with us. Her uncle came to see her at Vadodara. He suffered a cardiac arrest. It was really unfortunate," Shah Rukh told the media at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin station. "We started the journey thinking we all will travel, spend time with each other... When one of your own loses someone on a trip like this, it saddens us all," he said.



Social activist Farid Khan Pathan of Hatikhana area of Vadodara, who reached the Vadodara station with his wife and daughter as the family adores the actor, reportedly fell unconscious after suffering cardiac arrest. The man was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead.
But some reports suggest he died because of suffocation due to the teeming crowds. The actor, shocked to hear about the death said, "On behalf of everyone, our prayers and blessings are with the whole family. We have some of our people with the family there."

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