VHP, Bajrang Dal attack book protesters in Ahmedabad for reading ‘I am Malala’
A group of people were doing a silent reading protest against a school's move to remove ‘I am Malala’ and ‘Diary of a Young Girl’ from its reading list.
A reading session of Malala Yousafzai's memoir, "I Am Malala," turned violent in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, when a group of approximately 70 people gathered at Vastrapur Garden for a silent book-reading protest. The protestors were challenging a school's decision to remove "I am Malala" and "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" from its reading list, amid opposition from parents and right-wing activists.
Upon leaving the garden after the session, the readers encountered around 18 to 20 armed individuals claiming to be from the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The altercation quickly escalated into a scuffle, with two people sustaining injuries. Armed with sticks, the attackers registered an FIR, leading to the arrest of three individuals and identification of six others.
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