He visited India after whiffing a taste of Indian butter chicken in New Zealand, only to come here and fall in love – with both the country and a woman he ended up marrying here.
Karl Rock, the famous YouTuber with almost 1.79 Million followers had always been in awe of India, its culture and the people up until recently, when he was denied entry back into the country, keeping him from his wife and family.
On Friday, July 9, the YouTuber alleged that the Indian Government had conspired to ‘blacklist’ him from entering the country, without so much as an explanation or a chance for him to question their decision.
The entire matter, which was highlighted in one of his vlogs on his channel on YouTube titled, ‘Why I Haven’t Seen My Wife in 269 Days #Blacklist’, has already garnered over 5 lakh views and more than 25 thousand comments. Karl Rock claims in the video that the Indian government ended up cancelling his visa last year but refrained from telling him the reason behind this ‘blacklisting’.
Highlighting how he hasn’t seen his wife in all of 269 days and counting, he goes on to talk about the several attempts he and his wife made over the past few months to resolve the issue, but hit a dead end.
The YouTuber has now decided to move to the High Court by filing a petition, and has even asked for public support on the matter.
Karl Rock also tweeted about the matter, marking New Zealand president Jacinda Arden to call for her support.
He even started an online petition to gather support and help resolve this matter. Almost 85K people have signed his online petition till now.
Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry has denied any claims of blacklisting Karl and stated how his entry being denied is in fact a matter of a visa violation. An official was quoted saying, “He was on a tourist visa but engaging in business activities.”
Meanwhile, people on the internet are divided on the matter, for many are claiming it had to do with him participating in anti-CAA support protests.
Even though the YouTuber has deleted any video he posted of attending an anti-CAA protest, a lot of evidence supporting his presence during the protests still lingers on the internet.
