Actor Salman Khan, who was on his way to Delhi to attend an event, was denied boarding on a Vistara flight on Monday morning as he had turned up late by about 15 minutes.

Airport sources said that Khan later boarded another flight to Delhi. "There was no ruckus created by the actor at the airport with the airline staff, as is being reported by certain news channels," said a CISF officer.

Vistara did not respond to the mail send by dna, seeking their response.

A source said Khan had reached the airport well in time and was sitting at the lounge. However, he did not realise about the flight time. Later, when he approached the airline staff, he was politely told that he is late for boarding. When Khan requested for being accommodated into the flight, the sources said that the staff declined it.

Khan recently got into a controversy when he recently stated that he felt like a 'raped woman' after the gruelling shoot for his recently launched film 'Sultan', in which the 50-year-old plays a wrestler. After the uproar in media about his statement, Maharashtra State Commission for Women had sent him summons asking for his appearance in person. However, the actor refused to appear before the panel and instead sent a letter giving his response over the alleged remark.

According to latest media reports, Khan's film 'Sultan' is on the verge of becoming the third highest grosser ever, earning about Rs260 crore within just 12 days of its release at the box office.