IPL-2: ED grills Shah Rukh Khan for six hours over KKR funds

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned and recorded the statement of Shah Rukh Khan in connection with “irregularities” in the IPL-2 (Indian Premier League).  

Khan, the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, was called on Saturday around 12.30pm. The actor left around seven in the evening, a source said. He had to answer several questions on ownership, partnership, source of funding, advertisement rights, and spending for promotional activity apart from other financial details, the source said.

The IPL-2 was held in South Africa because of security issues in the country. The ED started investigating the matter following allegations that black money had been pumped into the tournament through various franchisees.

Also, intelligence agencies reported that the underworld had a financial role in the IPL. The source said Khan might again be called next week. He has been asked to submit documents related to the buying of players, advertisements and the shareholding pattern.

Several other team owners and management officials have already been questioned, including former BCCI president Shashank Manohar and former cricketer Ravi Shastri, who were in the IPL governing council headed by Lalit Modi. But the source could not confirm if the ED would question actress Juhi Chawla, Khan’s partner and co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders.