India, June 7 -- A discreet Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against Satter for 'maliciously creating adverse and biased opinion against Indian institutions in the international arena.'

New Delhi: Two months after The Sunday Guardian reported that the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card of U.S.-based journalist Raphael Satter was cancelled by the Indian government for allegedly violating visa rules, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now submitted a detailed counter affidavit in the Delhi High Court confirming that the decision was based on specific violations of OCI conditions including engaging in prohibited activities and intelligence inputs from security agencies.

The affidavit, filed on 21 May 2025, just ahead of the schedul...