Bangladesh: Religious Leader Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu Arrested

• By Thetripurapost Desk, Dhaka
• Nov 25, 2024
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Bangladesh ISKCON religious leader Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu was arrested on Monday afternoon. According to media reports, a case has been registered against him for treason and disturbing communal harmony. Chinmay Prabhu's assistant Adi Prabhu said that he was taken to the DB office on Mintu Road in Dhaka.

Protests have started in Dhaka demanding his release. The protesters have blocked the main road in Dhaka's Sahbag. They are raising slogans 'We will die for justice, we will fight for it'.

According to Bangladesh media, Chinmay Prabhu had reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to go from Dhaka to Chittagong, from where he was arrested by the detective police. ISKCON members present on the spot say that DB police did not show any arrest warrant. They just said that they wanted to talk. After this, they took him away in a microbus.

Chinmoy Prabhu, also known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, led protests in Bangladesh against attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.

Additional Police Commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallick of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police said Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested following a request from the police.

Bangladesh Sanatan Jagran Manch held a rally in Chittagong on October 25. Chinmay Krishna Das also addressed it. Soon after the rally, BNP leader Feroz Khan filed a sedition case against Chinmay Krishna Das in Chittagong. He is accused of insulting the national flag