A group of students from Madrasa attacked a stall at the Amar Ekushi Book Fair in Dhaka on the performance of a book written by Taslima Nasreen on Monday, which is in exile in India according to police and eyewitness accounts.
According to police and eyewitnesses, the incident took place in the book stall of Sabyasachi Publication, the publisher of Nasreen.
A witness said, “A group of agitators came to Sabyasachi Prakash and first started shouting why Tasma Nasreen’s book was placed in the stall. Later the publisher Shatabadi Bhava was attacked by the people. She was Taslima’s Taslima. Threw the book. “
“Later, the police came under control over the situation after the police raised publishers Shatabadi Bhava and the agitators from the spot,” he said.
Police officer Masood Alam told Annie over the phone, “The additional police was sent after getting information about the disturbances at the book fair. There was panic due to tension between some students of Madrasa and the publisher of Sabyasachi Proxony.”
He said, “We brought both sides to the police station. We are trying to find out the cause of stress. The situation is completely under control”, he said.
Today, Jihadi religious extremists attacked the stall of the publisher Sabyasachi at the Bangladesh book fair. His “crime” was publishing my book. Book Fair officials and police from local station ordered the removal of my book. Even after removing it, … pic.twitter.com/ypddpqysiu
– Tasma Nasreen (@Taslimanasreen) 10 February, 2025
The alleged video of the attack has gone viral on social media. Taslima Nasreen shared such a video on X.
“Today, jihadi religious extremists attacked the stall of the publisher Sabyasachi at the Bangladesh book fair. His ‘crime’ was publishing my book”, Taslima Nasreen wrote on X.
He said, “Bookfare officers and police from the local station ordered the removal of my book. Even after it was removed, the extremists attacked, ruined the stall, and closed it. “, He said.
“The government is supporting these extremists, and Jihadi activities are spreading across the country”, Nasreen said.
Taslaima Nasreen is a Bangladeshi writer, physician, feminist, secular worker.
On 21 February 1952, some brave sons from the then East Pakistan (present -day Bangladesh) sacrificed their lives to establish the bungalow as a state language. To remember his sacrifice, a book Fair is organized by Bangla Academy and depicted as the Amar Ekushi Book Fair held annually in the month of February.
This Bangla is one of the largest book fairs in South Asia held at Academy Angan and Historical Suhravardi Park. Books of various styles and subjects are available at the fair.
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