Shah Rukh Khan's Third Child Named AbRam, Actor Says Baby Born Before Sex Determination Fiasco

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri have named their third child, who was born through surrogacy, as AbRam.

Breaking his silence over the sex determination fiasco that has been haunting the family for the past couple of weeks, the 47-year-old actor said, "Amidst all the noise that has been going around, the sweetest is the one made by our newborn baby, AbRam. He was born prematurely by several months but has finally come home. Gauri and our whole family have been dealing with his health issues for a long time now."

The actor, who is a father to Aryan, 16, and Suhana, 13, said the family did not respond to the speculations and criticisms over the sex determination allegations due to the emotional strife they were going through over the baby's health. AbRam was born prematurely at seven months. 

Recently, Shah Rukh and Gauri were accused of determining the sex of the child before its birth. Under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, gender testing is banned in India. 

In the statement issued by him, Shah Rukh asserted that the sex determination test was not done and referring to the allegations as 'insensitive' he added that AbRam was born before the controversy began.

"Just to put the record straight there was no sex determination for our child. The baby was born much before the speculations of 'sex determination' and other 'issues' pertaining to the same were being raised in the media by some organisations," he said.

Shah Rukh appealed to everyone to respect his family's privacy saying, "Our son is a surrogate baby and the entire process is bound by strict confidentiality. We would appeal to all, to allow us to cherish this private moment as a family. It seems unfortunate that I have to explain/clarify so many aspects for our new-born baby. Wish it were just a simple message of happiness on behalf of the family."

"They say a baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. Post this statement, I hope we all move on too," he added.

Here is the complete statement issued by Shah Rukh Khan:

"Amidst all the noise that has been going around, the sweetest is the one made by our new-born baby, AbRam.

He was born prematurely by several months but has finally come home.

Gauri and our whole family have been dealing with his health issues for a long time now.

As a family our silence on this subject has been because of the personal nature of emotional strife that we have been going through due to his health.

We wish to make a special mention and thank Dr. Jatin Shah for his expertise and contribution. We also wish to thank all the other doctors, nurses and medical staff who have made his life possible. As trying were the times, we never lost hope that life always brings with it.

Just to put the record straight there was no sex determination for our child. The baby was born much before the speculations of 'sex determination' and other 'issues' pertaining to the same were being raised in the media by some organisations.

Suffice to say his coming home puts to rest completely false and at times insensitive claims of sex determination and alleged illegalities.

We also apologise to all those other doctors and hospitals who had to face unwanted scrutiny and questioning by some parties.

Our son is a surrogate baby and the entire process is bound by strict confidentiality. We would appeal to all, to allow us to cherish this private moment as a family.

It seems unfortunate that I have to explain/clarify so many aspects for our new-born baby. Wish it were just a simple message of happiness on behalf of the family.

They say a baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. Post this statement, I hope we all move on too."