At the Bandra court on Thursday, Dr Kafeel Khan said he did not trust the Uttar Pradesh police who he said, "may kill me in a fake encounter case". Dr Khan, who was jailed after around 60 children died in a government hospital in Gorakhpur in 2017, said this in response to the court order sending him to transit remand until he could be taken back to UP. Along with the Sahar Police, UP police arrested Dr Khan on Wednesday evening from Mumbai International Airport.

Dr Khan had arrived in Mumbai to address a gathering of women in Nagpada against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Registry of Citizens (NRC). He had announced via Twitter that he would be present at the venue around 11 am on January 31 before leaving for Kerala. When Dr Khan was nabbed by two officers of UP ATS, he feared for his life and started shouting for help from airport security. Surprised by his reaction, the Special Task Force (STF) personnel took him to a place with CCTV cameras assuring arrest and took him to Sahar police station later.