Hyderabad: A handful of supporters of a Muslim outfit Majlis Bachao Tehreek on Monday tried to prevent the sale of Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen's book Lajja at the Sundaraiah Vigyana Kendram in Baghlingampalli here.
Copies of the book Lajja had been put on sale by Nava Telangana publishers here at a book exhibition held by Teachers' Federation. Police had to detain the protesters who were trying to stall the sale of the book.
Majlis Bachao Tehreek chief Amjadullah Khan lodged a complaint with the police against the sale of book saying there was alleged "anti-Islamic content" in the book and it has been banned in Bangladesh.
The local Chikadapally police did not register any case. J. Narsaiah, assistant commissioner of police said, police had no circular prohibiting the sale of the book Lajja either in Telangana or in the rest of India.
Taslima Nasreen's novel Lajja chronicles the destruction of Hindu temples in Bangladesh as a backlash in the wake of Babri masjid demolition in 1992. It narrates the plight of Hindu minorities living in a state of fear in Bangladesh following the 1992 demolition.
The Bangladeshi feminist and atheist author is current staying in exile in Delhi. Several of her books has been banned by Bangladesh government citing them to be "anti-Islamic".
