MUMBAI (AFP) - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan faced a police probe and a lifetime ban from Mumbai's main cricket stadium on Thursday (May 17) following a furious late-night row with staff at the ground, officials said.

The actor, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders, took a group of youngsters including his daughter Suhana onto the Wankhede Stadium pitch after a match on Wednesday night.

A security guard tried to stop the children from playing, leading the multi-millionaire actor to argue angrily for 10-15 minutes before finally giving up and leaving the premises, an AFP photographer witnessed.

'Security officials told him to leave, but Shah Rukh Khan started the brawl,' Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) secretary Nitin Dalal told NDTV news.

The actor is seen above making a statement at his home following the incident - AFP

Courtesy - NDTV

Former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka will not be present in Courts when the bail application in respect of the case filed agaisnt him for harbouring deserters will be taken up today.

Family sources said that  Mr. Fonseka has submitted a letter to the Prison officials that due to his current health condition he was not in a position to attend courts.

Homagama Magistrate T.G.S.A. Perera today ordered to call Former
Attorney General Mohan Peiris on June 05, to give evidence in the
magisterial inquiry into the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth
Ekneligoda.

The Magistrate earlier on March 26 reserved the order after the state
challenged the validity of the transcript copy of the statement made
by the former AG made in Geneva last year that Ekneligoda sought
asylum in a foreign country.

The counsel for the complainant Sandya Ekneligoda produced the
document when the prosecution objected to call the former AG to give
evidence without any proof of him making the statement in Geneva.

The Appeal Court directed the Momagama Magistrate to inquire into the
disappearance of the journalist in the Habeas corpus case filed by
Sandya Ekneligoda.

The case was filed in the Court of Appeal by Sandya and her two sons
Sathyajith Sanjaya Ekneligoda, and Harith Sooriyabandara Ekneligoda in
connection with disappearance of the journalist since January 2009.

They sought a court order compelling the respondent’s to produce
missing journalist before the court.

They cited DIG CID Nandana Moonasinghe, Dig Jayantha Kulathilake, the
HQI Homagama, IGP and the AG.

Chrismal Warnasuriya with Nalaka Jayasuriya appeared for the complainant.

Deputy Solicitor General Shaveendra Fernando appeared for the Attorney General.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has got the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to release former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, state media reported a short while ago.