2 books banned for ‘hurting religious sentiments’
The High Court yesterday banned two books -- "Dia Arefin" and "Nanir Bani" -- both written by Diarsi Arag, for hurting religious sentiments.
The court ordered the director general of Bangla Academy to seize copies of the books from Ekushey book fair immediately.
It also ordered the government to take steps to stop publication and marketing of the books.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on a suo muto (voluntary) move after Advocate Azharullah Bhuiyan, a Supreme Court lawyer, placed the books before the judges for necessary order.
Azharullah told the court that the contents of the books hurt religious sentiments of people. The judges examined the contents of the books before passing the order.
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