By Manzar Bilal,Twocircles.net ,
Kolkata: In respect to the sentiment of Rizwanur Rehman’s family and the community at large, Bollywood star and owner of Kolkata Knight Rider, Shah Rukh Khan has called off business deal with the famous company Lux Cozi maker of innerwear. Lux Cozi is owned by Ashok Todi who is accused in the infamous Rizwanur Rehman murder case.
Rizwanur Rahman, a computer graphics designer, married to Priyanka Todi, the daughter of Ashok Todi, with their choice but it was not digested by family of Priyanka Todi. They used all the sources to break the marriage but they failed and almost one year after his marriage Rizwanur Rahman was found dead by a railway track in Kolkata in Sep 2007 under mysterious circumstances. Todi family is accused in the case.
Recently, Kolkata Knight Rider made deal with Lux Cozy for IPL-3 which is going to start next month. According to deal there would be advertisement for Lux Cozy inside and around the stadium for home matches as well as Lux branding on the players’ trousers and other advertising.
However, as this deal came to light Muslim groups and civil societies in Kolkata protested against it. They wrote to Shah Rukh Khan urging him to cancel the deal with the man accused of killing an innocent otherwise they would launch statewide agitation. Rizwanur’s mother also requested SRK to break up the deal with the company owned by a family responsible for her son’s death.
Feeling the sensitivity of the issue, SRK decided to call off the deal. Gameplan director of Kolkata Knight Rider Mr. Jeet Banerjee gave this information in a press conference yesterday.
Now Lux Cozi would not be able to advertise their products during the IPL matches of KKR. Play boards that were already put across the city would be taken off as soon as possible.