Personal and confidential: Shah Rukh on baby Abram

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has been blessed with a third child through surrogacy, said the much-publicised issue was a “personal and confidential” matter for him. “It is a personal and confidential matter…it is a mix of happiness and sadness. I request the authorities concerned to continue to enthusiastically investigate about my baby,” he told reporters at the music launch of his upcoming film Chennai Express. Gossip mills and mainstream media has been abuzz about SRK’s third baby. A Bollywood blog says that Shah Rukh and Gauri have decided to call their baby boy ‘Abram’, a variation on the name Abraham. Earlier in the day, civic officials confirmed having received birth report of Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan’s baby boy, born with the help of a surrogate mother. As per the report, the baby was born on 27 May at the Masrani Hospital for Women in suburban Andheri. The celebrity couple has two kids — son Aryan and daughter Suhana. [caption id=“attachment_927045” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Shah Rukh Khan in this file photo. PTI[/caption] “Get over it. Get on the train baby, and not my baby. Will talk about all this later,” he told reporters who asked a volley of questions about the new member of his family. Asked how does it feel to become father for the third time, the 47-year-old King Khan shot back in his typical style: “Ask your health reporter.” It is mandatory for nursing homes and hospitals to register every birth in the city. The civic body issues birth certificates to parents on the basis of a report received from the health facility concerned. Earlier, following a complaint based on media reports that a pre-natal sex determination test had been conducted on the child, the BMC sent a team to Khan’s residence last month to ascertain the facts. The team, however, was turned away. Gender testing is banned under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act. A BMC officer has said a team would be sent to Khan’s residence in suburban Bandra to find out from him if a sex determination test was conducted on the foetus. PTI