Union Home Ministry on Tuesday extended the visa of exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen by another year. Officials said extension of one year is with effect from July 23. Nasreen staying in India for more than a decade has obtained Swedish citizenship.
The 55-year-old author had left Bangladesh in 1994 after receiving threats from Muslim fundamentalists who objected to her writings. Though obtained Swedish citizenship, Nasreen preferred to stay in India and applying for visa extension every year.
She has been granted visa by Indian authorities since 2006 and lived in Kolkata. However, she had to leave Kolkata in 2007 following violent protests by Muslim groups and she shifted to Delhi. She was also abused and roughed up by AIMIM activists during the launch of her book in August 2007.