Shyam Krishnadas, the second priest of ISKCON temple in Bangladesh, was also arrested.
Dhaka: Atrocities against Hindus continue in Bangladesh. Another Hindu priest has also been arrested amid protests against the arrest of ISKCON temple priest and Hindu leader Swami Chinmoy Krishnadas. ISKCON temple spokesperson in West Bengal Radharaman Das tweeted that another celibate of ISKCON temple in Bangladesh, Shyamdas Prabhu, has been arrested by the Chattogram police. In another tweet, he shared the photo of Shyamdas Prabhu and wrote, do you see him as a terrorist?
Let us tell you that earlier, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former member of Bangladesh’s International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), was arrested on Monday in a treason case. Sources said on Saturday that a few days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Another Hindu priest was arrested in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The arrested priest was identified as Shyam Das Prabhu, who had reportedly visited Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail.
Shyam Das Prabhu was arrested without any warrant.
Sources said that Shyam Das Prabhu has been arrested without any official warrant. This practice allows authorities to detain someone and later release them. ISKCON Kolkata vice president and spokesperson Radharaman Das also posted about the monk’s arrest on X. Arrest of Hindu Sadhu and period of violence continues in Bangladesh. Following the arrest of former ISKCON member and Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in a treason case, members of the Hindu community have started protests at various places in Bangladesh including the capital Dhaka and Chattogram.
Chinmoy Krishna Das was denied bail by a Chattogram court on Tuesday, leading to clashes between police and protesters demanding his release. Assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam was killed in the clash. Bangladesh Police have so far arrested nine people in connection with the lawyer’s murder, police said on Saturday. He was arrested after a case was registered against 46 people, mostly sanitation workers from the minority Hindu community.
Muslims destroyed Hindu temples
A mob of Muslims vandalized three Hindu temples after Hindus offered Friday prayers in Chattogram, which has seen protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked under sedition charges. Has been. The attack took place around 2:30 pm at Harish Chandra Munsef Lane in the port city, where Shantaneshwari Matri Temple, nearby Shoni Temple and Shantaneshwari Kalibari Temple were targeted, news portal BDNews24.com reported. “A group of several hundred people shouting slogans threw bricks and stones at the temples, damaging the gates of the Shoni temple and two other temples.” Kotwali police station chief Abdul Karim confirmed the attack and said that the attackers tried to damage the temples.
Violence against minorities in Bangladesh
Chinmoy Krishna Das’s arrest comes amid tensions over minority rights in Bangladesh, which has seen widespread political violence since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the new military-backed interim government led by Mohammad Yunus has faced criticism for failing to stop a surge in violence against minorities. Let us tell you that out of the 170 million population of Bangladesh, about 8 percent are Hindus.
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