India, April 29 -- An Islamist outfit in Bangladesh recently seized more than 500 books from Abhayaranya Library in Bangladesh's Tangail region by claiming them to be written by "atheists".

The books included those written by Bengali literary icons Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam.

The library was closed temporarily after the incident.

The library was reportedly looted after Golam Rabbani, a leader of the Bangladesh Islami Khilafat Majlish, referred to the library as a "factory of atheists" in a Facebook post and called for dismantling it.

The library authorities lodged two written complaints with the police after books were looted by a group of youths on April 24.

Dhanbari Police Station Officer-in-charge (OC) SM Shahidulla...