Overview
- KKR purchased Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman for ₹9.20 crore at the December 16, 2025 IPL auction in Abu Dhabi.
- BJP leader Sangeet Som called Shah Rukh Khan a “traitor” and warned Rahman would not be allowed to play in India or even step out of the airport.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey alleged the player’s IPL earnings could fund terrorism, and Sanjay Nirupam urged SRK to drop Rahman for his own safety.
- A Hindu Mahasabha leader escalated the rhetoric by publicly offering a ₹1 lakh reward to anyone who cuts Shah Rukh Khan’s tongue, according to local reports.
- Congress MP Manickam Tagore condemned the ‘traitor’ slur as an attack on India’s pluralism, Dhirendra Shastri said the BCCI must decide, and there is still no official word from SRK, KKR or the BCCI.