India, Oct. 15 -- Four days after he participated in demonstrations outside the August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai, supporting demands for the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the America-born actor Imran Khan was asked to leave the country by October 28 by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Mumbai.

Khan was born in 1983 in Wisconsin, USA, to Nuzhat Khan, film star Aamir Khan's cousin, and California-based software engineer Anil Pal. He was granted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status under the Citizenship Act, 1955, which allows him a lifelong multiple-entry Indian visa.

Khan has since said that he will challenge the FRRO's notice. His counsel, advocate Parvez Memon, senior partner of MZM Legal, said ...