Deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina condemns the arrest of ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges, demanding his immediate release and highlighting religious freedom concerns.

Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari, the general secretary of ISKCON Bangladesh, said the monk had been removed from all positions of the organisation.

Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, an ISKCON priest and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested on November 25, 2024, by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's detective branch.

New Delhi and Dhaka have sparred after communal tensions flared in Chittagong following a court’s denial of bail to Das. A plea has been filed in Bang

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday backed the arrested Hindu monk, Chinmoy Krishna Das, saying he was "unjustly arrested" and must immediately be released. She asked the Bangladesh government to protect religious and ethnic minorities that have braved violence since her ouster from power in August.

Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and spokesperson of the Sanatan Jagaran Mancha, has become a focal point of national discourse in Bangladesh following his arrest in a sedition case.

Kolkata/Dhaka: The chief of Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari clarified Thursday that the arrested priest Chinmoy Krishna Das was expelled from ISKCON in September for disciplinary reasons.