New Delhi, August 8
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was dramatically bundled out from West Bengal in November, returned today after spending more than four months in Sweden.
The 45-year-old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport today and was immediately whisked away by security agencies to an undisclosed destination, official sources said.
The future plans of the doctor-turned writer, who shot to fame with her controversial book ‘Lajja’, were not immediately known. Her visa is valid till August 12. She was requesting for permanent residency in the country, but the government has not taken any decision on the issue.
She had left India on March 18 for Sweden after she was kept in a safe house in the national capital for more than four months. Taslima, who had not been allowed to see any visitors during the period, had described her confinement as living in “a chamber of death”.
— PTI
