New Delhi, June 17 -- Delhi BJP workers gathered near the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri to protest against the attack and vandalisation of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral house in Bangladesh.

Kachharibari is the ancestral home and revenue office of the Tagore family located in Sirajganj district. Tagore created many of his literary works while living in the mansion. A mob attacked and vandalised Tagore's ancestral home the district earlier this month.

Protesters gathered at the Prime Minister's Museum at Teen Murti Chowk and marched towards the Bangladesh High Commission, breaking through police barricades, where they were detained and taken to the Chanakyapuri police station.

They were released after around 3...