MUMBAI: Actor Imran Khan has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Office to share the material it relied on to propose cancelling his Overseas Citizen of India registration in a reply submitted on Thursday.

Khan called the grounds in the notice “nebulous and contradictory.”

He filed the reply two days after the Centre assured the Bombay High Court that it would take no coercive action against the 43-year-old US citizen until November 2.

The FRRO’s Mumbai office issued the show-cause notice, which asks why it should not cancel his OCI registration.

According to Khan, the notice rests on a “purported contravention” of provisions it does not name.

He said the unclear and self-contradictory grounds make a fair response impossible.

Khan argued that authorities must give a person the information and evidence behind a proposed action so that the person can answer and rebut it.

Without that disclosure, he cannot effectively contest the allegations, Khan added.

“The FRRO has not given me all the material it relied on, including reports the Mumbai Police submitted,” Khan said.

He has received only part of it also, his reply does not repeat the FIR details since the notice already includes them.

Imran also argued that the police report sent to the FRRO should have included his version of events.

He asked for a chance to examine everything behind the FRRO’s provisional view so he receives a reasonable hearing under the law.

The FRRO issued two communications: first, a Leave India Notice dated October 14, directed Khan to depart by October 28.

The second, dated October 17, was the OCI show-cause notice under Section 7D of the Citizenship Act.

Khan challenged the departure order in the Bombay High Court on October 17.

His petition called it arbitrary, unreasoned and wholly misconceived, and alleged a violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

The court granted interim protection on Tuesday and adjourned the hearing that petition does not cover the OCI show-cause notice.

A Leave India Notice does not automatically cancel OCI registration, so the authorities are handling the two matters separately.

Authorities issued the departure order over Khan’s alleged participation in an October 10 protest in Mumbai against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Demonstrators were protesting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Indian law restricts foreign nationals from taking part in certain demonstrations, and that restriction is the stated basis for the action.

The High Court will hear the matter again on November 2, and the departure order stays in abeyance.

The FRRO has not said publicly whether it will supply the documents Khan requested, and the OCI cancellation proceedings remain unresolved.