A Delhi court today ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to immediately withdraw the Look Out Circular issued against Former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel in a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) case. Patel had moved the court after he was stopped from boarding a flight to the United States yesterday. He sought permission to travel to the US till May 30, 2022.

Patel had said that he was prevented from travelling to the US despite a Gujarat court order granting him permission "specifically" for the trip, reported NDTV.com.

The writer-activist took to Twitter to share the news, where he also called the accusations of money laundering against Amnesty "absurd".