Bollywood actor Imran Khan was detained by the Mumbai Police.
The letter, dated October 10, 2026, refers to Imran Khan’s participation in the agitation and asks whether he had obtained permission to take part in the protest. MUMBAI: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has written to Mumbai Police seeking an inquiry into actor Imran Khan ’s participation in a CJP agitation in Mumbai, questioning whether the foreign citizen had obtained the necessary permission to participate in the protest. He was detained. Somaiya also shared a letter addressed to Manoj Kumar Sharma, Joint Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, requesting an inquiry and appropriate action in the matter. The letter also refers to the actor’s remarks before he was detained by police. The protesters were detained near Nana Chowk junction in Gamdevi, close to Grant Road railway station. Police personnel put them in vans and took them away. The maidan remained shut from the morning, with police vans and dozens of personnel stationed outside its gates. People were not allowed to approach the entrance.
In his post on X, Somaiya stated, “I wrote to Mumbai Police to check Foreign Citizen Actor Imran Khan participated in today’s CJP agitation, which didn’t have permission. Actor Imran Khan was among several people detained by Mumbai Police on Saturday while protesting near Nana Chowk in south Mumbai in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) demonstration in New Delhi, officials said.