Pune : Two months after she was picked up from the Film and Television Institute of India and packed off to Kathmandu by the Pune police, Neetu Singh landed in Mumbai on Sunday.
Confirming this, Kiran Moghe, state unit head of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), said Neetu flew into Mumbai on Sunday and was planning to reach FTII late in the night or early on Monday morning. Moghe, who was at a conference in Mumbai, said she had spoken to Neetu after she arrived in Mumbai and that she was staying there with a friend.
“I have received no information about Neetu’s arrival,” said DCP (special branch) Ravindra Sengaonkar.
Neetu, it is learnt, is keen to keep her return quiet. When the state government had agreed to revoke her deportation orders in mid-January — this time minus the many conditions it had initially sought to impose — so that she could complete her editing course at FTII, the only condition that was retained was that she should refrain from speaking to the media after her return. Neetu could not be contacted.
FTII director Pankaj Rag was out of town and unavailable for comment.
Dean of Academics Kedar Awati said the institute had received intimation last week that Neetu would be arriving in a week’s time. “We are ready to restart her course once she arrives.”
Chandrashekhar Joshi, the institute spokesperson, said he had no official word on her return. Gloria Koshy, matron of the girls’ hostel, also said she had not received any news on Neetu, but admitted that there was a buzz at the institute about her return.
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