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Mumbai Issues Leave India Notice to Imran Khan by Oct 28

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC · How we work

Center

OCI Violation Complaint

Mumbai police and the Foreigners Regional Registration Office issued a Leave India Notice to actor Imran Khan, ordering him to leave India by 28 October 2026.
BJP leader Kirit Somaiya filed a complaint alleging Khan’s protest violated his OCI status, prompting the authorities’ action.
Khan’s lawyer Zulfikar Memon said a petition contesting the notice will be filed in the Bombay High Court.
Actors Raza Murad and Gajendra Chauhan backed police, rejecting foreign participation in protests.

Left

Suppression of Dissent

Mumbai police and the Foreigners Regional Registration Office issued a Leave India Notice to actor Imran Khan, ordering him to leave India by 28 October 2026.
Left-leaning outlets describe the notice as a tool to suppress dissent and curb peaceful protest.
Imran Khan, a U.S. citizen holding an OCI card, lacks voting or protest rights.
Opposition leaders Supriya Sule and Sanjay Raut condemned the notice as restricting peaceful protest.

Blindspot

Opposition leaders Supriya Sule and Sanjay Raut condemned the Leave India notice, arguing that it restricts peaceful protest and undermines democratic rights.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In June 1975 Indira Gandhi invoked Article 352 to impose a 21-month Emergency, suspending civil liberties and censoring the press, with journalists among those detained. The 2026 leave-India notice served to actor-activist Imran Khan, an OCI-holding U.S. citizen, mirrors that Emergency-era precedent, showing how the same legal tools still limit foreign dissent.

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OCI Violation Complaint

Mumbai police and the Foreigners Regional Registration Office issued a Leave India Notice to actor Imran Khan, ordering him to leave India by 28 October 2026.
BJP leader Kirit Somaiya filed a complaint alleging Khan’s protest violated his OCI status, prompting the authorities’ action.
Khan’s lawyer Zulfikar Memon said a petition contesting the notice will be filed in the Bombay High Court.
Actors Raza Murad and Gajendra Chauhan backed police, rejecting foreign participation in protests.

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