Norwegian tourist asked to leave India for participating in anti CAA protests
Kochi: Norwegian national Janne-Mette Johansson has been asked to leave India for violating visa norms. This happened after she participated in anti-CAA protests on December 23 in Kochi.
Johansson was summoned to the office of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) where she was asked questions. The Office learned about her participation through social media.
Janne-Mette had posted pictures from the protest along with a status on Facebook, which read, “This afternoon I participated in a protest march; People’s Long March. It started out from Gandhi Circle Ernakulam, and we marched with slogans and flags to Vasco da Gama Square Cochin, while the protesters were singing and chanting and with their fists up. The People’s Long March was very well organized. (sic)”
According to various media reports, government officials asked her to immediately leave the country, else legal action will be taken against her.
She informed that a friend of hers was arranging a ticket to Dubai, from where she would catch a flight to Sweden.
Earlier, 24-year-old Jakob Lindenthal, an exchange student from Germany was asked to leave the country on the same ground. He was informed that he, too, flouted visa regulations.
He was seen participating in the protests holding a placard that read, "Uniformed Criminals-Criminals."