Actor Imran Khan has been detained by the Mumbai Police on October 10. As per the latest update from news agency ANI, the actor was detained from Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan, which was the proposed protest venue in support of CJP’s protest call.
Imran Khan made his acting debut with 2008’s Jaane Tu… many still consider his role in the 2011 black comedy Delhi Belly to be his most iconic While he was widely appreciated for his roles in romantic comedies. The actor took to Instagram and shared a selfie from inside the police van. Imran had also expressed his support for the student protest on social media. He voiced his discontent over the alleged use of lathi-charge against students, saying that the very system meant to protect and support them had already failed them. Watching as police gassed and battered student protestors… how could I make sense of this? These students who worked hard, only to be failed by the system. These people who asked to be heard, only to be met with silence. These citizens who stood up to show what matters to them… beaten down and disowned by the establishment. The actor added, “Are these not the children of Mother India? If not them, for whom do we build, and whose future do we claim to protect? Those who demand ‘organisation’ from students protesting education reform, but don’t apply such lofty standards of accountability to established authority; bootlickers, one and all. Ya Jaane Na, co-starring Genelia D’Souza. The film was loved by both audiences and critics and, over the years, has attained cult classic status. Imran became known for playing the charming boy-next-door in romantic comedies such as I Hate Luv Storys, Break Ke Baad, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein and several others.
“Apparently I’m going for a drive,” he said in the caption. He wrote, “Something broke in me today.
However, CJP workers claimed they had emailed the Mumbai Police seeking permission but had received no response. The actor had also showed up for a protest march in July. There, Imran was asked by an aspiring actor if he had anything to say to actors who believe that art is not political. If you can’t stand by your opinions and if you do not pour your own heart into your art, your art has no value.”
Nearly 1,500 people have been detained in Delhi in view of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s Jantar Mantar protest today, the police said.
Mumbai Police said no permission had been sought for the protest in support of the CJP . They also said they could not grant permission, as the Bombay high court’s directions allow protests to be held only at Azad Maidan. Responding to the question, Imran said, “True art is going to have an individual artist point of you embedded within it, and as part of our human nature, we are going to have opinion and perspective that we hold through to ourselves .
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, TMC’s Mamata Banerjee and AISA’s Neha Bora are among those who were detained in the national capital on Saturday.
