India, Feb. 11 -- A group of madrasa students recently attacked a stall at the ongoing Amar Ekushey Boi Mela (book fair) in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka for displaying a book written by exiled writer Taslima Nasreen.

The incident took place around 6:15pm at the stall of Sabyasachi Publication in the Suhrawardy Udyan, reported The Daily Star.

Witnesses told the local newspaper that a group of people gathered in front of the stall around 6:15pm and demanded the removal of Taslima's books.

A person inside the stall protested over the matter, leading to a heated exchange of words between the two sides. media reports said.

Shahbagh Police Station Inspector (operations) Delwar Hossain told The Daily Star that they took a person into their cus...