Avani Dias returned to Australia due to new job and wedding, there was no intimidation

In an update to the controversy revolving around anti-India journalist Avani Dias, it has come to the fore that the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Australian Broadcasting Company News, Dias returned to Australia due to her new job and wedding, and not due to any alleged intimidation by the Indian government. On April 23, the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Australian Broadcasting Company News, Avani Dias, took to X to claim that she had to leave India abruptly as the Modi government told her an extension of her visa would be denied as her reporting had “crossed a line”. As per the Australia Today report, “the Editor of International News had a confidential report from the ABC India team that Avani Dias had burnt bridges and made the relationship with most stakeholders toxic.” Dias was not forced, but she “chose” to return to Australia in spite of visa approval Regarding her visa, the Australia Today report stated that the J1 Visa for foreign journalists issued to Dias was extended by the Indian authorities on 18th April, the day she paid the visa fee. Responding to this claim, Geeta Mohan, a journalist with India Today, took to X to report that Avani Dias, the South Asia Bureau Chief of ABC News had lied against the Indian government. Debunking the falsehoods propagated by ABC News’s South Asia Bureau Chief, the India Today journalist informed that Dias was found to have violated visa rules while undertaking her professional endeavours.