3 held for attacking book-reading session
Ahmedabad, Aug. 29 -- Two people have been injured when members of Hindu right-wing groups staged protests at the AUDA Garden in Gujarat's Ahmedabad against a book-reading session featuring Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai's memoir and Holocaust victim Anne Frank's diary, police said on Friday, adding that three of the accused have been arrested.
The incident comes a few weeks after a private school in Ahmedabad was forced to drop books by Yousafzai and Frank from its mandatory reading list after protests from right-wing groups.
"On Thursday evening, a group had gathered at AUDA Garden for a book-reading session when they were confronted by around 20 people carrying sticks, who said they were associated with the VHP and Bajrang Dal. They que...
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