<p>Bengali actress Rituprna Sengupta today said she was detained for five hours at the Toronto airport allegedly for not carrying valid visa.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sengupta, who was on her way to attend the premiere of Bengali film "Mukti" in Toronto tomorrow, was allowed in the country after Indian embassy intervened.<br /><br />"I went through a big trauma as the Toronto airport authorities were denying me entry yesterday. I had come here for the premiere of 'Mukti'," Sengupta told PTI from Toronto.<br />The actress, 41, said she was interrogated for five hours despite possessing a B1 visa granted to her in 2010 and valid till 2015.<br /><br />Sengupta said she had mistakenly applied for a fresh visa despite having one already which landed her in trouble with the airport authorities.<br /><br />"They kept grilling me on why I had applied again despite already having a valid visa. They refused to listen to my explanation and kept asking whether I would work in Canada on this trip. It was one of the most traumatic episodes in my life," said the actor.<br /><br />"The Indian embassy intervened later. I am here for North Atlantic Bengali Conference in Toronto as an esteemed guest. They realised their fault later," Sengupta added.<br /><br />The actress claimed that her 80-year-old aunt, wheelchair-bound and a Canadian citizen who came to meet her at the airport, fell sick after the incident.<br /><br />Sengupta said her phone was snatched immediately after she made a call to her husband.<br /><br />"I couldn't contact the organisers, neither could I get back to my family as my phone was snatched just when I called up my husband. All they wanted was to make me head back to India by the same evening.<br /><br />"But now I am looking forward to attend the screening and get the feedback," said the actress.<br /><br />Film's director Reshmi Mitra, who could not attend the screening due to visa glitches, said the actress is still in shock. "Ritu is still trauma-struck... I have talked to her today. The organisers are taking every care of her," she said.</p>
<p>Bengali actress Rituprna Sengupta today said she was detained for five hours at the Toronto airport allegedly for not carrying valid visa.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sengupta, who was on her way to attend the premiere of Bengali film "Mukti" in Toronto tomorrow, was allowed in the country after Indian embassy intervened.<br /><br />"I went through a big trauma as the Toronto airport authorities were denying me entry yesterday. I had come here for the premiere of 'Mukti'," Sengupta told PTI from Toronto.<br />The actress, 41, said she was interrogated for five hours despite possessing a B1 visa granted to her in 2010 and valid till 2015.<br /><br />Sengupta said she had mistakenly applied for a fresh visa despite having one already which landed her in trouble with the airport authorities.<br /><br />"They kept grilling me on why I had applied again despite already having a valid visa. They refused to listen to my explanation and kept asking whether I would work in Canada on this trip. It was one of the most traumatic episodes in my life," said the actor.<br /><br />"The Indian embassy intervened later. I am here for North Atlantic Bengali Conference in Toronto as an esteemed guest. They realised their fault later," Sengupta added.<br /><br />The actress claimed that her 80-year-old aunt, wheelchair-bound and a Canadian citizen who came to meet her at the airport, fell sick after the incident.<br /><br />Sengupta said her phone was snatched immediately after she made a call to her husband.<br /><br />"I couldn't contact the organisers, neither could I get back to my family as my phone was snatched just when I called up my husband. All they wanted was to make me head back to India by the same evening.<br /><br />"But now I am looking forward to attend the screening and get the feedback," said the actress.<br /><br />Film's director Reshmi Mitra, who could not attend the screening due to visa glitches, said the actress is still in shock. "Ritu is still trauma-struck... I have talked to her today. The organisers are taking every care of her," she said.</p>