A New Zealand originated YouTuber, Karl Edward Rice knownas Karl Rock claimed that the Indian government has banned him from coming toIndia after he left India to travel to Dubai and Pakistan, thereby separatinghim from his wife and family in New Delhi without giving him any particularreason for the same.
His wife, Manisha Malik who is an Indian citizen wholives in New Delhi has filed a petition regarding this action of thegovernment. He also posted a video on his YouTube channel which was entitled as‘Why haven’t seen my wife in 269 days’ in which he told about his separationfrom his wife and in-laws because of this action by the government.
“I left India to go travel Dubai and Pakistan in October2020 and upon leaving they cancelled my visa at the airport. They wouldn’t tellme why. So in Dubai, I applied for a new visa. They called me in for a meetingand told me I had been blacklisted and therefore they couldn’t issue me a visato go home," he writes in the petition. He adds that he wasn’t given anotice for the reason of his blacklist. “Before someone is added to theBlacklist they’re meant to be given the reason, and time to reply. Iwasn’t."
Rock is a New Zealand holder and a visa holder. In 2019,he got married to Manisha Malik a citizen of India and he resided in Delhi tillOctober 2020.
He has also tweeted on his handle addressing to the NewZealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, “Dear @jacindaardern , the Govt. ofIndia has blocked me from entering India separating me from my wife &family in Delhi. They blacklisted me without telling me, giving reasons, orletting me reply. Please watch my struggle https://youtu.be/oBGRQltTTAE @NZinIndia@MukteshPardeshi” with a picture of his and his wife. He also tagged some senior diplomats,journalists, as well as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi chiefminister Arvind Kejriwal's official handles on the tweet.
In response, an MHA officer confirmed that New Zealandorigin vlogger Karl Rock has been blacklisted by the Government of India forviolating multiple visa norms, he was found doing business on a tourist visa,he is barred for one year, his visa is cancelled.
He has also started an online petition which is havingthe headline, “Help me return to my wife and family in India” in which he haswritten
“My name is Karl Rock and the Government of Indiahas stopped me from returning to India by adding my name to the Ministryof Home Affairs' Blacklist. Thereby separating me from my wife and familyin New Delhi.
I left India to go travel Dubai and Pakistan in October2020 and upon leaving they cancelled my visa at the airport. They wouldn't tellme why. So in Dubai, I applied for a new visa. They called me in for a meetingand told me I had been blacklisted and therefore they couldn't issue me a visato go home.
Before someone is added to the Blacklist they're meant tobe given the reason, and time to reply. I wasn’t.
We request my name be removed from the blacklist so I canreturn home.
Please help us,
Karl Rock & Manisha Malik”
Currently, the petition has received 88,665 signaturesand the target is of 1,50,000 signs.