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Hyderabad: Local political activists in Hyderabad on Thursday attacked the car of noted Bangaladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen when she was attending the book release of the Telugu translation of her latest novel Shodh.

A group of 20 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) workers, led by MLAs Afsar Khan, Ahmed Pasha and Mozum Khan, stormed the Press Club premises and raised slogans against the author.

They attacked her with bouquets, flower pots and virtually anything they could lay their hands on at the concluding session of the book release.

The police later took the legislators and their supporters into custody.

Another guest, journalist Innaih Narisetti, was injured in the attack.

Later on, she was safely escorted to the airport with the help of journalists and the organisers of the function.

Since the 1990s, Taslima has faced numerous threats from Islamic groups for her writings.

Taslima is a controversial figure in the world of Literature. Her books Lajja and Dwikhondito are banned in Bangladesh.

Taslima talks about the torture of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. She has been living in exile for more than 10 years now.

Earlier, speaking to CNN-IBN in April 2007, Taslima had said that she loved living in India despite being aware of the threat fundamentalists posed to her life.

Taslima said that fundamentalists are everywhere and I am not scared.

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