Bangladesh actor Ferdous Ahmed, expelled by India, returns after two years

It’s been two years since popular Bangladeshi actor Ferdous Ahmed was sent back by the Indian government for allegedly campaigning for a political party before the election. He was issued a ''Leave India'' notice and his business visa was also canceled. Now, after two years, Ferdous is in India attending a film festival in Agartala, Tripura. He reached India yesterday and will be here for 4-5 days.However, it’s yet to be known whether the actor will come to Kolkata.
In 2019, Ferdous Ahmed who has done quite a few hit Bengali films in the past was seen along with two other Tollywood actors, Ankush Hazra and Payel Sarkar in Rainganj, an area close to the India-Bangladesh border. Back then, the actor was also ‘blacklisted’ by the Union Home Ministry, and it had jeopardised the chances of his future travel to India.
In fact, because of the ban imposed on him, the actor even missed out on an important role in the much-talked-about biopic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh as the film was being made in Mumbai.

Later, Ferdous had said he realized it was a "mistake" to be involved in an election campaign of another country but he had done it "driven by emotion from the love of the people of West Bengal".