Days after the arrest of Spiritual chief Chinmoy Krishna Das, one other Hindu priest was arrested in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, sources mentioned on Saturday. The arrested priest was recognized as Shyam Das Prabhu, who reportedly went to satisfy Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail.
He was arrested with none official warrant, the sources mentioned, including that the follow permits authorities to detain somebody and launch them later.
Radharamn Das, Vice-President and Spokesperson, ISKCON Kolkata additionally posted in regards to the monk’s arrest on X (formally Twitter) on Friday, and mentioned, “Another Brahmachari Sri Shyam Das Prabhu was arrested by Chattogram Police immediately.”
Another Brahmachari Sri Shyam Das Prabhu was arrested by Chattogram Police immediately. #ISKCON #Bangladesh#SaveBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/DTpytXRQeP
— Radharamn Das राधारमण दास (@RadharamnDas) November 29, 2024
Hindu Monk’s Arrest & Violence In Bangladesh
Hindu priest, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former member of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) of Bangladesh, was arrested on Monday in reference to a sedition case. His arrest triggered protests by Hindu group members in numerous places in Bangladesh, together with within the capital Dhaka and Chattogram.
Chinmoy Krishna Das was denied bail by a Chattogram court docket on Tuesday, which adopted clashes between the police and protestors demanding his launch. Assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam was killed within the clashes.
Bangladesh police have thus far arrested 9 individuals in reference to the lawyer’s homicide, police mentioned on Saturday. They had been arrested after a case was filed in opposition to 46 individuals, principally cleanliness staff belonging to the minority Hindu group.
Meanwhile, three Hindu temples had been vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob on Friday in Chattogram, which has witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked below sedition prices.
The assault occurred round 2:30 pm within the port metropolis’s Harish Chandra Munsef Lane, the place the Shantaneshwari Matri Temple, the close by Shoni Temple, and the Shantaneshwari Kalibari Temple had been focused, information portal BDNews24.com reported.
“A bunch of a number of hundred slogan-shouting folks threw brickbats on the temples, damaging the Shoni Temple and the gates of the opposite two temples,” the information portal quoted temple authorities as saying.
Kotwali Police Station chief Abdul Karim confirmed the assault, saying that assailants tried to break the temples.
Violence Against Minorities In Bangladesh
Chinmoy Krishna Das’s arrest got here amid tensions over minority rights in Bangladesh, which has seen widespread political violence since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. Since the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina, the brand new military-backed interim authorities led by Mohammed Yunus has confronted criticism for failing to curb a spike in violence in opposition to minorities.
Hindus comprise roughly 8 per cent of Bangladesh’s 170 million folks.
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