US NATIONAL ASKED TO
LEAVE BALANGIR
US national Katie Lauren Stephenson (25) was asked by the police
on Thursday to leave Balangir immediately as she violated the tourist visa
condition.
Stephenson, along with Pratibha Demello and two other local
persons on Wednesday visited various parts of Balangir’s Khaprakhol block,
which is known as the most Maoist-affected area of the district. While they
were visiting a Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Jamgaon on Thursday, they were
asked to report to the SP’s Office.
Balangir SP Deepak Kumar told this correspondent, “On inquiry,
we found that Katie Stephenson has a tourist visa, on which no research work is
supposed to be undertaken. She could not explain satisfactorily why she did not
report their visit to police earlier and why she preferred to visit a Maoist
hotbed? We are going to send a detailed report to the Intelligence Department for
further action.”
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