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Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesperson of Bangladesh’s Sanatan Jagaran Manch and the caput of Pundarik Dham successful Chittagong, was sent to jailhouse successful a sedition case, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
This comes a time aft Krishna was taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
He was detained from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport country successful the capital, pursuing which protests erupted successful Chattogram demanding his release, according to the report.
Who is Chinmoy Krishna Das?
Chinmoy Krishna Das is the spokesperson of the newly-formed coalition, Bangladesh Sommilito Sanatan Jagaran Jot, betwixt 2 spiritual bodies, namely, Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Manch and Bangladesh Sommilito Shankhaloghu Jot.
The Manch is simply a level which advocates for the rights of Hindus and different minorities successful Bangladesh.
Krishna is besides the caput of the Pundarik Dham successful Chattogram. The Dham, according to the ISKCON Centres website, is located successful Hathazari thana, astir 18 kilometres distant from Chittagong city.
On October 30, a lawsuit was filed against 19 people, including Krishna, astatine Chattogram’s Kotwali Police Station, accusing them of disrespecting Bangladesh’s nationalist emblem successful Chattogram’s New Market country during a rally of the Hindu community, quality bureau PTI reported.
Following his detention connected Monday, Krishna’s lawyers had filed a bail petition, which was yet rejected by the court. Additional Police Commissioner of the DB, Rezaul Karim Mallik, confirmed the transportation connected Tuesday morning.
‘It is unfortunate… impulse authorities to guarantee information of Hindus’: MEA India
Soon aft his arrest, the Ministry of External Affairs released a connection expressing “deep concern” implicit his denial of bail.
The connection read: “This incidental follows the aggregate attacks connected Hindus and different minorities by extremist elements successful Bangladesh. There are respective documented cases of arson and looting of minorities’ homes and concern establishments, arsenic good arsenic theft and vandalism and desecration of deities and temples. It is unfortunate that portion the perpetrators of these incidents stay astatine large, charges should beryllium pressed against a spiritual person presenting morganatic demands done peaceful gatherings. We besides enactment with interest the attacks connected minorities protesting peacefully against the apprehension of Shri Das.”
The MEA besides urged Bangladesh authorities to guarantee the information of Hindus and minorities successful the country. “We impulse Bangladesh authorities to guarantee the information and information of Hindus and each minorities, including their close of state of peaceful assembly and expression,” MEA highlighted.
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