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A group of agitated students protested and vandalised a stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka over display of exiled writer Taslima Nasreen. Nasreen described the incident as unfortunate, adding that the government is supporting the extremists of the country. However, the accused claim that few of the books that were sold at the stall were against the interest of Bangladesh.

In a post on X, Nasreen stated that the jihadist activities are spreading across the country. "Today, jihadist religious extremists attacked the stall of the publisher Sabyasachi at Bangladesh's book fair. Their "crime" was publishing my book. The book fair authorities and the police from the local station ordered the removal of my book. Even after it was removed, the extremists attacked, vandalized the stall, and shut it down. The government is supporting these extremists, and jihadist activities are spreading across the country," Nasreen stated on X.

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The police and eyewitnesses informed that the whole incident took place at the Sabyasachi Publication's book stall. A group of students came to the story and wondered why Nasreen's books were being sold at the stall. They argued with the staff members and started attacking the stall over not getting the satisfactory justification.

"A group of agitators came to Sabyasachi Prakashani and started shouting first why Taslima Nasreen's book was kept in the stall. Later Publisher Shatabdi Bhava was attacked by the people. They threw away Taslima's book", a witness was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

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However, the police came to the spot and tried to control the situation by dispersing the crowd from the stall. "Later, the situation came under control after police picked up Publisher Shatabdi Bhava and the agitators from the spot", eyewitness added. Taslima Nasreen is an exiled author of Bangladesh, currently residing in India. She is a vocal voice against the extremists.