-The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was named in a secret Intelligence Bureau (IB) note to the Centre last June for leading a protest against the Mahan Coal block, which is said to be the reason for her being stopped from leaving India for UK on Sunday.
"She has been on a watch-list since. Many of her provocative statements issued later have also been brought on record. The step to stop her from going to UK was in national interest. Many other Greenpeace activists have been travelling abroad…only she has been stopped,"an IB official said on Monday, saying the step to restrain Pillai from travelling was "on Home Ministry’s directions."
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