{
  "id": 13129886,
  "title": "Dhruv Rathee's visa status, citizenship to be scrutinised? Why Ex-Bengaluru Police chief Bhaskar Rao seeks verification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/dhruv-rathees-visa-status-citizenship-to-be-scrutinised-why-ex",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T13:48:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/dhruv-rathees-visa-status-citizenship-to-be-scrutinised-why-ex-bengaluru-police-chief-bhaskar-rao-seeks-verification-11791549353302.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao asked the Union Home Ministry to verify YouTuber Dhruv Rathee’s citizenship, immigration status and visa compliance after Rathee attended an anti-SIR protest in Bengaluru on October 8.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘Serious questions over Dhruv Rathee's citizenship, visa after Bengaluru stir’: Ex-IPS officer writes to home ministry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/serious-questions-over-dhruv-rathees-citizenship-visa-after-bengaluru",
        "published": "2026-10-09T07:46:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}