The Bombay High Court has now put the notice on hold until November 2. Actor Imran Khan, who holds an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, has asked the authorities to share the evidence they are relying on to consider cancelling his card.
Khan on Thursday challenged a “leave India notice” issued by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), which directed him to leave the country by October 28 after Mumbai Police detained him at a protest site.
A show-cause notice asks a person to explain why action should not be taken against them. Khan has denied breaking any rules. In a representation dated October 22, Khan told the FRRO that a show-cause notice issued to him on October 17 referred to documents and a report submitted by the Mumbai Police.
However, he said, the authorities had not shared these documents with him. Khan also said that a statement attributed to him in the notice was “incomplete”. He alleged that the Mumbai Police had not “even attempted to record his statement in connection with the registration of FIR”. He said he had not been given a fair chance to explain his position before action was taken against him. He said no protest was underway when he reached the spot and that he did not cross police barricades to enter the protest site.
Imran Khan urged the authorities to consider that he had lived in India for 42 years and had built his life and family here. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday put the Leave India Notice on hold until November 2. The FRRO sought more time to respond to the matter and assured the court that Khan, a US citizen, would not be asked to leave India by the original October 28 deadline.
“Your disclosure of requisitioned material shall not cause any prejudice to your office but my failure to adequately respond to the SCN may result in cancellation of my OCI card,” he said.
