The Arjuna Award winner I.M. Vijayan, a former captain of the national football team, has been denied a visa by the German consulate in Madras to visit Germany for the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup because his bank balance of Rs 50,000 was found to be “not impressive”.
“I had to wait from 5 am to 2 pm without food or water. I have been to foreign countries many times and have clean credentials. I don’t know if they found my dark complexion and ragged looks inadmissible,” Vijayan, who has also acted in a few Malayalam movies, has told the Bombay paper, DNA.
Vijayan will appear again for his visa. Please send your best wishes to the German consulate for their exemplary standards.
29 June 2006 at 7:42 pm
ಈ ವಿಷಯ ದುಖಃ ಕರ .ಅದ್ರೆ ನಿಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ನೆನಪಿರುವಹಾಗೆ ಕೆಲ ವರ್ಷದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಾ ಜನ
ಪುಟಬಾಲ್ ಟೀಮ್ ಎಂದು ಹೊಗಿ ನಾಪತ್ತೆ ಆದಾದ್ಧು…ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ಸಂಗತಿ
30 June 2006 at 6:36 pm
Not surprising. kappu banna + meese = terrorist.