New Delhi: West Bengal police today made an offer to controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen to move her out of the state following outbreak of large-scale violence in central Kolkata during a shutdown called by a Muslim outfit demanding that her visa will be cancelled.
Union Home Ministry sources said the police has suggested to Nasreen that she could be moved out to Gujarat but the author is believed to have turned down the offer.
The shutdown was also called to protest against the Nandigram violence. The visa of the Bangladeshi writer has been extended by the Government till February 17 next.