Francesca Orsini, a UK-based Hindi scholar and professor emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, was denied entry into India on October 20 and deported from Delhi over alleged visa violations, according to news agency PTI .

Orsini, who arrived from Hong Kong, had been blacklisted since March 2025 for breaching visa rules. She was travelling on a tourist visa, which authorities said she had earlier misused for academic activity, a source in the Ministry of Home Affairs said, as quoted by the news agency.

"Francesca Orsini was on a tourist visa but violating visa conditions. This is standard global practice; anyone found violating visa norms can be blacklisted," the source added.

She was deported to Hong Kong within hours because her purpose of trav

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