New Delhi, June 02: Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin is now in the Capital to get her Indian visa extended since the validity of the travel document expires in August.
Taslima, who has been in and out of the country after she was dramatically bundled out of West Bengal in November 2007 in the wake of protests by radical Muslim groups, came from London in the wee hours of Sunday and was immediately whisked away to a safe location.
The 47-year-old doctor-turned writer is also trying for a permanent residency in the country. Her visa is valid till August 16.
The future plans of the writer who shot to fame with her controversial book ‘Lajja’ were not immediately known.
The government has already made it clear that Taslima’s visa cannot be extended beyond August 16 prompting her to take the help of some of the country’s prominent writers.
-PTI