Ravi Singh (Shah Rukh Khan’s bodyguard) Wiki, Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Ravi Singh is the bodyguard of Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan who made headlines in November 2022 when the Customs Department detained him at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai.

Wiki/Biography

Ravi Singh was born on 20 January. His zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 6′

Weight (approx.): 80 kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Dark Brown

Body Measurements (approx.): – Chest: 44″, Waist:36″, Biceps: 18″

Family

Not much information is available about his family.

Career

Ravi Singh has been a bodyguard for Shah Rukh Khan for over a decade. In 2021, after Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the Mumbai cruise drug case, Ravi was often spotted escorting Shah Rukh Khan and his manager Pooja Dadlani to the sessions court in Mumbai to attend hearings regarding Aryan’s bail plea.

On 30 October 2022, after Aryan Khan was released from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, Ravi Singh escorted him back to Mannat, the residence of Shah Rukh Khan. After Aryan’s release in October 2021, Shah Rukh Khan announced that he is looking for a new bodyguard for himself so he made Ravi the bodyguard Aryan. Ravi Singh is one of the highest-paid bodyguards in Bollywood. ^[1]The Siasat Daily

Controversies

Pushing an actress

In 2014, the Bandra Kurla Police Station in Mumbai arrested Ravi Singh after he pushed a Marathi actress named Sharvani during an event while trying to manage the crowd. The actress fell to the ground because of the push. Reportedly, Ravi Singh did not allow the actress from entering backstage where Shah Rukh Khan was present despite her having an all-access pass with her. The police, however, did not lodge an FIR against Ravi and let him off with a warning. According to a close aide of Shah Rukh Khan, it was Sharvani who misbehaved with Ravi Singh. ^[2]India Today

Detained by the Customs Department

In November 2022, the Customs Department, upon receiving intelligence from the Income Tax Air Intelligence Unit, detained Ravi Singh at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai while he was returning to India from Dubai with Shah Rukh Khan. According to a Customs Department official, Ravi Singh was carrying a few luxury watches with him that were worth Rs 17.86 lakhs. Ravi was allowed to leave the airport after he paid Rs 6.88 lakhs as customs duty. During an interview, the Customs official said,

SRK and his team arrived at the GA terminal at around 12.30 pm. Unlike the T2, where there are different colour-coded channels for different types of passengers and their duty-related screenings, the GA terminal has no separate classifications. So the entire team was carrying 6-7 bags which were screened by security and they had several watch winders (specialised cases used for luxury watches) and one Apple watch, which they didn’t have receipts for, as they declared these were gifts. We searched for the value of these items on the internet and we determined everything put together was worth Rs 17.86 lakhs. Ravi Singh, who is from SRK’s security team (Ravi is Shah Rukh Khan’s trusted bodyguard) was escorted with one bag, which had the goods for payment of duty along with one customs officer to Terminal 2. Over there, Ravi paid the customs duty of Rs 6.88 lakhs (calculated as per the customs duty of 38.5 per cent).”

Earlier, several media houses had reported that the Customs Department had arrested Shah Rukh Khan for the watches, however, a Customs official revealed that it was not Shah Rukh Khan, but his bodyguard that was detained. ^[3]Times Now Talking about it, the Customs official said,

There was no penalty or interception as is being reported by the media. Everything being said on the social media with regards to this case is a total factual mismatch.”

Salary

Ravi Singh draws a salary of Rs 2.7 Crore annually. ^[4]The Siasat Daily