Bangladeshi writer in exile, Taslima Nasrin, has once again made news – saying she “became a big victim of medical crime” in India.   The internationally renowned writer, who is often embroiled in controversies, tweeted on her verified account on January 19, 2023: “I fell on the floor at my home and went to a private hospital for the internal fixation of my simple femoral neck fracture. Doctors did not want to do fixation, they have done my total hip replacement without any indication. Handicapped forever.” Taslima then tweeted, “I have seen my Xray report today (January 21, 2023). My Xray shows no fracture on my femur or anywhere. I came to a city private hospital to treat my knee pain after I fell on my knee. I never had any joint pain or any joint disease. But my total hip replacement was done.” Read more: Charges pressed against author Taslima Nasrin, 2 others in ICT case She tweeted by saying, “I became a big victim of medical crime. I was a healthy and fit person. In the name of treating my knee strain, they cut the parts of my healthy body off; my healthy hip joint, my femur were thrown away and a metal was put inside me. They have made me permanently handicapped”. She followed that with another tweet: “I became a big victim of medical crime. I was a healthy and fit person. In the name of treating my knee strain, they cut the parts of my healthy body off; my healthy hip joint, my femur were thrown away and a metal was put inside me. They have made me permanently handicapped.” Earlier in a Facebook post from her verified profile, Taslima said that the doctor imposed several restrictions, which included avoiding sitting in a normal chair, carrying heavy things, and sitting cross-legged. Read More: Freedom fighters receiving free medical treatment: Liberation War Minister On Friday (January 20, 2023), in another Facebook post she wrote, “Returned home from the hospital after being made paralyzed in exchange of lakhs of taka”.

Exiled author Taslima Nasrin and two others have been charged by Counter Terorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit in a case filed under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act. Nazmul Nishat, inspector of CTTC and investigation officer in the case, filed the charge sheet with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on October 3, said general registration division of the court on Thursday. Two other accused are Supriti Dhar Lipa, editor of online portal Women Chapter and Suchismita Simanti, its acting editor. Read: Avijit murder accused Farabi acquitted in ICT case According to sources, the investigation officer recommended acquitting another accused Leena Haque, a counsellor of the Women’s Chapter, finding no evidence against her. On April 19, 2018, Allama Muhammad Mahbub Alam, editor of the monthly Al Bayanat filed a case against the four including Taslima with Cyber Tribunal Dhaka. The court recorded the statement of the plaintiff and ordered Shahjahanpur police station to record the case as First Information Report. Read: CU teacher Maidul gets 6-month bail in ICT case According to the complaint, Supriti Dhar, Suchismita Simanti and Leena Haque have often published hateful writings against Islam through a website named the Women Chapter. On the afternoon of April 17, 2018, an article by Taslima Nasrin titled “Women have no religion with rapists” was published on the website, it said. The article states, “The Prophet also killed Jewish men in the Arab world and distributed their daughters among his companions”, which has hurt the religious feelings of the plaintiff, said the plaintiff in complaint.