Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit welcomed Mumbai Police's notice asking actor Imran Khan to leave India by October 28 after Khan, reportedly a US passport holder and OCI cardholder, joined an August Kranti Maidan protest. Authorities initiated action under Sections 29 and 7 of the Immigration Act; supporters and critics, including BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and activist Abhijit Dipke, reacted strongly.