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Actor Imran Khan has approached the Bombay High Court challenging a Foreigners Regional Registration Office notice ordering him to leave India by October 28. The notice followed his brief detention during a demonstration at Mumbai's August Kranti Maidan. Khan's petition seeks an urgent stay and quashing of the order, calling for authorities to produce records supporting the decision. The plea highlights that Khan has lived in the country since age two, where his livelihood and family are based. Arguing that the protest area was not restricted and protesting is not banned for Overseas Citizen of India cardholders, the plea calls the expulsion disproportionate. Meanwhile, the registration authority has also issued a fresh show-cause notice.
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