No trimming SRK, Aamir security cover: Mumbai Police

Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan coninue to enjoy the same level of security as before after a review of the protection cover, the police said here on Friday.

“Review of security is a routine exercise. Security of any specific actor has not been downgraded or increased,” said DCP (detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni.

Aamir, meanwhile, welcomed a move to scale down his security, saying “the police personnel can be put to better use in securing the city.” Shah Rukh and Aamir were provided additional security in the wake of their comments on perceived intolerance in the country.

According to the police, Shah Rukh started getting threats after the release of his film ‘My Name is Khan’. In January 2013, some groups had made statements after Pakistan-based terrorist Hafiz Saeed's offer of asylum for the actor in Pakistan if he felt insecure in India.