India blacklists New Zealand YouTuber Karl Rock, cancels his visa

YouTuber Karl Rock of New Zealandorigin has been restricted from entering India till next year for violating multiple visa norms government sources confirmed on SaturdaySources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the vlogger was found doing business activities on a tourist visa which is in violation of the terms and conditions of his visa and hence been restricted from entering India for a year and his visa has been cancelled as well by the governmentKarl Rock whose real name is Karl Edward Rice on Friday alleged that the Indian government had last year cancelled his visa without giving him any reason for why he was blacklisted after he left India to travel to Dubai and PakistanThe YouTuber whose channel on the social media platform has over 179 million subscribers had on July 9 published a video titled Why I Havent Seen My Wife in 269 Days BlacklistToday we are filing a petition in the high court asking for my name to be removed from the blacklist In the Delhi High Court he said in the videoIn an Instagram post the vlogger who says he has been married to Manisha Malik an Indian in April 2019 and considers Delhi his home in India details how he has been living away from his wife and familyThe Government of India has separated me from my family in New Delhi by adding my name to their Blacklist without telling me giving reasons or letting me reply Ive been away from my wife and family for 269 days now Weve filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to request my name be removed from the blacklist so I can return home he saidKarl Rock also uploaded an over nineminute video describing the instances of how he got to know about the cancellation of visaHe said I left India in October 2020 to travel Dubai and Pakistan When I left for New Delhi International Airport they cancelled my visa without giving a reason Then I went back to Dubai I applied for a new visa quite surprisingly they called in into Indian High Commission and said that you have been blacklisted we cant issue you a visaKarl Rock has also tweeted his video tagging New Zealand Prime Minister Dear jacindaardern the Govt of India has blocked me from entering India separating me from my wife amp family in Delhi They blacklisted me without telling me giving reasons or letting me reply Please watch my struggleThe YouTuber who claims that traveling in India is his passion posted about visiting different places inside the country including several restricted areas I have been to every single state and United Territory of India from Mizoram to Lakshadweep I want to see all of India It is my passion Karl Rock saidKarl Rock uploads videos of his travels to various places in India and uploads them on his social media platforms including Facebook and InstagramThe YouTuber had posted a video of the December 2019 protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi However the video has now been private and not open for viewers to seeKarl Rocks YouTube videos show that he has also visited Pakistan last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever