Bangladesh ISKCON-affiliated religious leader Chinmaya Krishna Das Prabhu was arrested on Monday afternoon.
According to media reports, he is facing a case of sedition and disturbing communal harmony. Chinmaya Prabhu’s aide Adi Prabhu said that he was taken to the DB office on Mintu Road in Dhaka.
Police arrested him at the airport.
According to Bangladesh media, Chinmay Prabhu had reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his way to Chittagong from Dhaka, from where he was arrested by detective police.
ISKCONmembers present at the spot say that the DB police did not show any arrest warrant. They only said that they wanted to talk. After this, they took him in a microbus.
More than 77 ISKCON temples in Bangladesh
Accused of hoisting saffron flag on Independence Pillar
On October 25, Natan Jagran Manch held a rally at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong with a demand for 8 points, during which some people hoisted a saffron flag on the Azadi Stambh in New Market Chowk.
This flag had Aami Sanatani written on it. In this regard, Chinmay Krishna Das has been accused of contempt and insulting the national flag.
ISKCON temple was attacked
During the power struggle in Bangladesh, an ISKCON temple was targeted in Khulna district of Bangladesh on August 6.
In which idols of Lord Jagannath were burnt. After this attack, Chinmay Das said that three other temples in Chittagong are also under threat.
A rally was taken out against violence against Hindus.
Several cases of violence against the minority Hindu community have come to light in Bangladesh since the recent fall of the government.
In August, 205 cases of attacks on Hindus were reported in 52 districts of Bangladesh. A rally was organized in Chittagong to protest against this.
Cases of forced resignations from minorities were also reported after the change of power in August.