The central agency has issued a show cause notice to Patel and the human rights organisation for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
The Amnesty India chairperson was prevented from travelling to US first on Wednesday due a look-out notice, which a Delhi court then asked the CBI to withdraw.
Former chief of Amnesty International India, Aakar Patel, today (April 6, 2022) alleged that he was stopped from travelling to the US by Indian immigration authorities at Bengaluru International Airport.