MHA Asks Visva Bharati’s Bangladeshi Student To Leave India For Taking Part In Anti-CAA Protest

A Bangladeshi student, who allegedly took part in an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest, has been issued a notice by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to leave India. This comes in the wake of an anti-CAA protest that took place in the Birbhum district of West Bengal by Left-wing student protestors, in which the female student, Apsara Anika Meem, also took part.

Having received the ‘Leave India Notice’ dated February 14 on Wednesday, Afsara Anika Meem on Thursday met Foreign Regional Registration Registration Office (FRRO) officer Karma Tshering Bhutia to request him to review the decision.

The meeting reportedly lasted an hour, but Meem refused to speak on what transpired. The FRRO comes under the MHA. The notice asks Meem to leave the country within 15 days. Visva-Bharati declined to comment on the issue, reports the indianexpress.com.

The protest took place on January 8 and Left-wing students of Vishva-Bharti University in Shantiniketan, held a protest in front of the Vishva Bharti’s central office. Anika is a first-year student of Silpa Sadan. On the basis of this, the MHA sent a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) asking Anika to leave the country within 15 days.

However, the Left-wing student, Somnath Sau has claimed that Anika was not involved in the protests. The incident came to light after pictures of her protesting went viral on social media.