A dozen Bajrang Dal workers entered and picked up copies of the book, The Kamasutra, before burning them outside the shop.
Alleging “objectionable depiction” of Lord Krishna in it, workers of the Bajrang Dal outfit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) burnt an illustrated book outside a bookstore in Ahmedabad on Saturday, the Indian Express reported.
In Latitude gift and book chain retail store located near Rajpath Club adjacent to the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway in Ahmedabad, a dozen Bajrang Dal workers entered and picked up copies of the book, The Kamasutra, before burning them outside the shop.
Jwalit Mehta, president, North Gujarat Bajrang Dal, told the Indian Express: “We received a complaint that a certain book depicting Hindu god Lord Krishna in an objectionable manner is being sold at a bookstore. We went to the shop and found that many objectionable pictures and comments depicting Lord Krishna and Radha were published in the book with illustrations by Utsav Bhattacharya.”
“As a mark of protest, we burnt the book outside the store. This is also a warning to bookstore owners in Ahmedabad that if they keep objectionable material that hurt Hindu sentiments, next time we will set fire to their shops,” he added.
The police has not been approached by either the Bajrang Dal workers or the Bookstore in this matter.
A representative of the Latitude stores chain told the Indian Express: “We are aware of the protests that took place outside one of our retail stores in Ahmedabad. We have not lodged any complaint with the police. There are no more copies of the said book in our store now.”
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