Mamata Banerjee condemns arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, ‘will support Centre’s decision’

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Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu person associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), who faces respective charges, is escorted by the constabulary astatine the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court, successful Chattogram, Bangladesh, November 26, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the apprehension of Hindu ISKCON monk Chinmay Krishna Das successful Bangladesh, saying that she volition enactment immoderate determination the Centre takes connected the issue.

“Attacks connected immoderate religion are condemnable, we ever condemn that. I talked to the ISKCON caput of this authorities doubly aft the incident. But it is an planetary matter. We can’t interfere with the Centre’s decision… but we tin condemn this attack,” Banerjee said.

She was speaking astatine the question-answer league connected the Centre’s caller Waqf Amendment Bill successful in the authorities assembly.

On Wednesday, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee said, “We can’t springiness a absorption to an planetary contented but the incidental is unfortunate.”

Das was arrested for alleged “treason” connected Monday astatine the Shah Jalal International Airport successful Dhaka, wherever helium was scheduled to committee a formation to Chittagong which houses Pundarik Dham, an important centre of the Vaishnavite schoolhouse of Hinduism and ISKCON.

He had been organising aggregate rallies successful Bangladesh to condemn alleged atrocities against minorities. Soon aft the arrest, protests broke retired successful Barishal, Chittagong, and Dhaka’s Shahbag, wherever constabulary lathi-charged protesters.

The West Bengal BJP besides started demonstrations against the arrest, with enactment MLAs marching to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission bureau and gathering officials. The authorities portion besides announced that they volition artifact each the Indo-Bangla borders successful West Bengal adjacent Monday.

Atri Mitra is simply a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with much than 20 years of acquisition successful reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering medication and governmental quality for much than 10 years and has a keen involvement successful governmental improvement successful West Bengal. Atri holds a Master grade successful Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's grade from Calcutta University. He is besides an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his vocation with starring vernacular regular the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked determination for much than 15 years. He worked arsenic Bihar analogous for much than 3 years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha predetermination and 2010 assembly elections. He besides worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha predetermination successful 2019. ... Read More

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