Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan attended a grand event in Mumbai on Friday to launch Shahrukhz Danube, a 56-storey Dubai-based property that has been named after him, the first such project to carry his name. The tower will offer around 450 sq ft of premium office spaces and is being developed by Danube Properties.

Speaking at the event, also attended by Danube founder and chairman Rizwan Sajan, the actor said the honour would have made his mother proud. “My mother would have been very happy. It is a very big honour. When my kids come, I will tell them, ‘Papa ka naam likha hai, Papa ki building hai’,” he told the audience.

When asked about having a property named after him, he said he had never imagined putting his name on anything other than his films. Filmmaker Farah Khan, who was also in attendance, responded by saying he had already given his name to “Gauri, Aryan, Suhana and AbRam.”

The actor’s trademark wit continued through the evening as he joked about being “Eid ka chand… kam dikhta hoon, but jab dikhta hoon, kamaal hota hai.” He also helped Sajan attempt the iconic open-arm pose, the ‘Don’ walk, and one of his most remembered dialogues from Om Shanti Om.

Shah Rukh said he was moved by Sajan’s personal story about his wife’s health and the idea of helping people who arrive in big cities to build homes and businesses. “If I could be a part of it and an inspiration, it would be the greatest gift for me,” he said.

The tower will feature a statue of the actor at the entrance apart from all amenities. The project is expected to be completed within the next three to four years, with plans to take the concept to other cities.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has attached fresh assets worth Rs 1,120 crore as part of its money laundering probe against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, officials said.

Eighteen properties, including the Reliance Centre in Mumbai's Ballard Estate, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unqouted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

Another set of seven properties of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, two properties of Reliance Power Ltd, nine properties of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, fixed deposits in the name of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Lt, Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd, Adhar Property Consultancy Pvt Ltd, Gamesa Investment Management Private Ltd and investments made in unquoted investment by Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Ltd and Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd have also been attached, they said.

The ED had earlier attached properties worth over Rs 8,997 crore in the bank fraud cases related to Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd, and Reliance Home Finance Ltd.

The total attachment in the case against the Reliance Group is now Rs 10,117 crore.