He is a 10-year-old boy staying with me since his birth on 01 December 1997 (with occasional visits to India with his mother) at a Dhaka hospital and the Indian Passport (No Z 1508814 dated 07.04.2003) was issued to him by the Indian High Commission, Dhaka. Since the passport has been issued to him, he has been awarded visa extension for 4 (four) times by the Bangladesh authorities vide visa no V4256/03/T dated 22.04.03, visa no 4136/04/T dated 10.08.04 visa no 4786/05 dated 20.06.05 and visa no 10327/05 dated 27.12.05.

But last time when the last visa expired on 19.10.2006, I refused to offer any quick money to the SB official keeping in view that the drive against corruption was going on. The end result is a 'negative report' that says due to non-submission of required papers and documents they could not produce a report.

When I contacted the immigration authorities they expressed their inability to grant extension of the visa without a clean and positive police report. However, they sent the file to police for reinvestigation. But no headway has since been made.

This way hundreds of foreign travellers are being subjected to harassment regularly, which is tarnishing the image of the country.

I, therefore, would like to seek an independent enquiry into the matter.