The PR and marketing team behind Raees envisaged a unique idea to promote the movie. The team got Shah Rukh Khan, on board the August Kranti Express Train to travel to Delhi for the promotions of the film that releases on Wednesday. But hardly did they imagine that tragedy will soon strike the promotional schedule. The express train which left Mumbai Central station around 5 pm had SRK in one of the AC compartments with his entourage as well as the film's director Rahul Dholakia and producer Ritesh Sidhwani.
By the time the train reached Baroda station, fans had already got the news of SRK being in one of the compartments and they queued up in huge numbers to catch a glimpse of the superstar. As a result of this, there was huge commotion on the platform, following which the train was stopped for a few minutes. Taking charge of the situation, police immediately conducted a lathi charge but that caused further mayhem and there was a huge stampede. Several were injured in the process and one person even lost his life.
According to reports, former councillor Farid Khan passed away due to suffocation. With tragedy striking the train promotions, we wonder if the makers are now thinking whether the plan was appropriate or not.
