Ahmedabad police mentioned they’re questioning three individuals after a mob, allegedly of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad supporters, heckled and assaulted a gaggle of e book lovers studying The Diary of a Younger Woman by Holocaust sufferer Anne Frank and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai’s I Am Malala in a park.
The bibliophiles had gathered at Vastrapur Backyard on Thursday for a silent studying protest in opposition to a personal faculty within the metropolis being compelled to drop these two books from its studying listing.
The individuals had introduced their very own books and have been studying in a silent protest when the mob heckled them and requested them to show they weren’t Muslims, one of many organisers of the protest advised Ahmedabad Mirror.
An official assertion by The Pupil And Youth Collective that organised the book-reading protest alleged that the protesters have been crushed, compelled right into a police van and brought to Vastarpur Police Station
One of many protesters was allegedly threatened and advised that if she continued to file the incident, they might “make her disappear and nobody would discover her”, per the Ahmedabad Mirror report.
“On this incident, a case has been registered at Vastrapur Police Station underneath FIR No. 11191020260278/2026, underneath Sections 189(1), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 115(2), 351(2) and 61(2) of the BNS, in opposition to 2 named accused and a mob of about 18 different individuals, and lawful motion has been taken,” the Ahmedabad police posted on its X (previously Twitter) deal with.
“On this case, three accused have been rounded up on the idea of CCTV footage, and additional investigation of the crime is underway,” the police mentioned.
The 2 books have been dropped from the library studying listing of Anand Niketan College after mother and father’ protests – during which the VHP and Bajrang Dal additionally reportedly participated – over the alleged discovery of a chunk of glass in meals served on the faculty canteen someway snowballed into allegations of “discrimination in opposition to one faith”.
The inclusion of I Am Malala and The Diary of a Younger Woman within the faculty’s e book membership was reportedly cited as proof. The mother and father alleged {that a} marketing consultant appointed by the college had altered the curriculum and included the 2 books.
The varsity eliminated the books from the listing and sacked the marketing consultant and canteen supervisor after the district authorities issued a discover to the college.
