Permission for Taslima to stay on in India expires, likely to be extended

August 17, 2015 19:57

The government's permission for exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen to stay on in India expired amidst indications that it is all set to be extended. "The application (of the writer) to extend her residence permit is in the process. If it is extended, extension in such cases is from date of expiry," a senior home ministry official said adding no final decision has been taken yet.

The ministry is said to be awaiting clearance from some security agencies on her plea for extension of the permit. Taslima, 52, living in exile since she left Bangladesh in a cloak of secrecy in 1994 in the wake of threats to her by fundamentalist groups for alleged blasphemy of Islam , was given one-year visa by the government in 2014 and allowed to stay in India till today.

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