Overview
- The Foreigners Regional Registration Office served a Leave India Notice to actor Imran Khan directing him to depart by October 28 after his participation in a political protest, the FRRO and Mumbai Police said.
- Khan, a United States citizen who holds an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, was detained briefly during the October 10 protest at August Kranti Maidan that saw roughly 400 people held and later released.
- The LIN cites Sections 7 and 29 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, which let authorities regulate foreigners’ presence and order removal for contraventions or adverse security reports.
- The notice followed a complaint from BJP leader Kirit Somaiya alleging a foreign national had joined an unauthorised political agitation, and Khan’s lawyer has said he will file a petition in the Bombay High Court to challenge the directive.
- OCI status gives long‑term residency privileges but not citizenship rights such as Article 19 freedoms; the court fight will test how immigration rules limit political activity by OCI holders and could determine whether the notice is enforced, cancelled, or leads to blacklist or deportation.