Activist Aakar Patel stopped at Bengaluru airport from travelling to US

Journalist and human rights activist Aakar Anil Patel on Wednesday alleged that he was stopped at the Bengaluru airport and prevented from boarding a flight to the United StatesPatel said that he was prevented from travelling to the US despite a Gujarat court order granting him permission specifically for the said tripThe former chief of Amnesty International India took to his Twitter account which is not verified to tweet Stopped from leaving India at Bangalore airport Am on the exit control list Got passport back through court order specifically for this trip to the USstopped from leaving india at Bangalore airport am on the exit control list Got passport back through court order specifically for this trip to the USmdash Aakar Patel Aakar__Patel April 6 2022Patel also shared a copy of his application for the passport to the court and tagged Prime Ministers Office The Gujarat courts ruling shared by Patel showed that the judge had ordered his passport to be returned and allowed him to travel to the US between March 1 and May 30CBI officer called to say I am on the LookOut Circular because of the case Modi government has filed against Amnesty International India Patel tweetedNotably in September 2020 Patel was booked under Sections 153 A Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence 295 A Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings spreading fake message with intent to incite any class or community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or community under 505 1 B 505 1 C Defamation under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code for three of his tweets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party BJPRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS and Ghanchi casteIn June 2020 an FIR was registered against Patel under Sections 117 abetting commission of an offence by the public or by more than ten persons 153 wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot and 5051B intent to cause or which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public or to any section of the public of the Indian Penal Code IPC at the JC Nagar police station over his controversial comments on social media under charges pertaining to provocation with intent to cause riotsRecently journalist Rana Ayyub was also stopped on March 29 this year at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai to board an Air India flight to London HeathrowAfter a plea challenging the Enforcement Directorates ED decision to stop her from flying out of the country the Delhi High Court allowed Ayyub to travel abroad and has asked her to deposit a certain amount and share the itinerary with a contact number to the probe agencyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever