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14 identified, 8 detained after lawyer's death in clash over sending Chinmoy to jail
Staff Correspondent . Chattagram 29 November, 2024, 00:26

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IIUC-DC Alumni Association forms a human chain, protesting at the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday. | Focus Bangla photo

Analysing video footage, the police have detained eight individuals among 14 people identified so far over the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, 27 other individuals were sent to jail over obstructing the on-duty police and vandalising public properties on the court premises during the clashes with the members of law enforcement agencies over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, leader of an organisation of the Hindus.

Confirming the matter, Chattogram Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for crime Roish Uddin on Thursday said that they had detained and arrested 35 people so far in connection with the attacks on law enforcers and subsequent clashes amid protests in different areas.

‘The family is yet to file the murder case but filing of a case was underway,’ he added.

The identities of the 14 identified in the killing are Rajib Bhattacharya, Rumit Das, Sumit Das, Gagan Das, Nayan Das, Vishal Das, Aman Das, Manu Methor, Bikash Das, Arjun Das, Bikash Das, Shuvo Kanti Das, Krishna Das, and Bunja Methor, according to CMP additional deputy commissioner for media Kazi Md Tarek Aziz.

Following the incident, BGC Trust University authorities have temporarily expelled its fourth-semester law student Shuvo Kanti Das.

‘On Tuesday night, 30 individuals were detained during a raid in connection with the attack on the police. After verification, three were released, while the rest were sent to jail through the court,’ said DC crime Roish, adding that eight new suspects were detained after conducting raids from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.

The Chattogram District Bar Association, meanwhile, observed a strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday, demanding justice for the slain lawyer.

About 1:00pm Thursday, a lawyers’ procession marched through the court premises, demanding a ban on International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON, for its alleged involvement in Alif’s killing.

The lawyers also chanted slogans accusing the organisation of extremism.

At a press conference on Thursday in Dhaka city, the ISKCON claimed that the organisation was not involved in the protests staged for the release of its former leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said that it was not liable for his offences.

The spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, a platform of the Hindu community, Chinmoy, also a former ISKCON leader, was arrested from the capital’s Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport area on Monday afternoon and was sent to Chattogram jail on Tuesday in a sedition case filed by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader in Chattogram, Firoz Khan, with the Kotowali police on October 30.

‘The video and photos that went viral on social media show that a group of youths hacked the lawyer with locally-made sharp weapons,’ CMP ADC Tarek said, adding that the arrests were made based on these materials.

Jahangirnagar Cultural Alliance, a platform of some 15 cultural organisations of Jahangirnagar University, on Thursday demanded justice for Alif’s killing, the New Age university correspondent reported.

The leaders and activists of the alliance staged a human chain on the road adjacent to the university’s Central Shaheed Minar to press home their demand.

The speakers at the human chain also protested communal violence following the provocation of vested quarters across Bangladesh.

In Shariatpur district town on Thursday, different Islamist parties brought out a procession protesting at the killing, New Age correspondent in Shariatpur reported.​
 

ISKCON says Chinmoy no longer with them, not involved in protest
Staff Correspondent 28 November, 2024, 18:33

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known as ISKCON, on Thursday claimed that the organisation was not involved in the protest staged for the release of its former leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said that it was not liable for his offences.

At a press conference on Thursday at Swamibag Temple in the Old Town of the capital, the ISKCON Bangladesh general secretary Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari said that they had expelled Chinmoy Krishna Das and two others the organisation several months ago as their activities went against the organisation’s constitution.

‘We demanded that the government, people and journalists find out the fact behind spreading falsehood over ISKCON,’ said Charu Chandra Das, hours after the High Court dismissed a petition demanding a ban on ISKCON in Bangladesh.

Amid the countrywide protest by students, people and political parties demanding a ban on ISKCON for the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram, he also claimed that the organisation was not linked to the murder.

He also urged the government for ensure trial into the lawyer killing.

Responding to a question, ISKCON Bangladesh executive committee and children protection group member Gauranga Das said that several children alleged against Chinmoy over misconduct and unethical behaviour and a letter was served to Chinmoy for the matter.

He said that Chinmoy was asked to refrain from organizational work for three months. But he neither followed the call nor paid any heed to organisation’s directives.

‘This is why he was expelled permanently from ISKCON Bangladesh in July,’ he added.

ISKCON Bangladesh is promoting unity and harmony, the ISKCON leader Charu said, adding that it had never been involved in communal or conflict-driven activities.

He said that they were scheduled to hold a meeting with the land adviser Hasan Arif on Sunday.

On Tuesday, assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif was killed and 25 others injured during a clash between members of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, a platform of the Hindu community, and law enforcement agencies on a Chattogram court premises over sending Chinmoy to jail in a sedition case.​
 
TLDR: To save the organization, ISKCON Bangladesh leaders are now distancing themselves from militant ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and have fired him from ISKCON leadership position. However - WB BJP leader Shuvendu, ISKCON India leadership and exiled former Bangladesh PM Hasina have all urged Delhi BJP leaders to speak with Bangladesh advisers, so the evidence is clear who is trying to destabilize Bangladesh using minority Hindu card - ISKCON leadership for sure cannot escape culpability. It increasingly looks like ISKCON activity will be banned in Bangladesh for certain.

 
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As I'd tried to explain earlier, ISKCON is a westy gora operation.

The Modi admin here will, at best, leverage what they can with the goras and hurt BD if things go full loco.

You guys should try rein in the enraged rampaging jamaati lot before things go from already quite bad to much much worse.

Me personally, I'm just enzoying all the fitna there.. idgaf about Banglu dharmis lol

do as you see fit, it is your country after all, even if it was India who handed it to you to begin with.

Trump is another factor to consider, we saw that tweet not too long ago, India been lobbying hard.
 
It increasingly looks like ISKCON activity will be banned in Bangladesh for certain.
Just banning the Iskcon activities is not enough. Those members of Iskcon who are responsible for the killing of a Muslim lawyer should be awarded capital punishment by the court of justice of Bangladesh.
 
India BD and Pakistan were one country before 1947. In Jinha Liyaqat pact, it was agreed upon by both countries to protect minorities. At that BD was a part of Pakistan. In case it is not respected, we have a right to intervene to protect Hindus and we shall do that. Even we intervened in Pakistan to protect you guys from the oppression of Pakistani army to save you guys and created BD way 5 decades back. If we did that for you Muslims who are always consider Hindus their enemy, we can certainly do that for our Hindu brothers as well who preferred to stay in BD because of whatever reason. Just wait for few months and watch the development.

ISKCON and other militant Hindutva outfits are about to get banned in Bangladesh.

No Jay Shree Ram extremist chant allowed - sorry.

Watch THAT development first.
 
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Keep on weaving tall tales and scream all you want.

ISKCON and other militant Hindutva outfits are about to get banned in Bangladesh.

No Jay Shree Ram allowed - sorry.

Watch THAT development first. :D

So happy sitting in Malibu no?

Why not come back home and do your bit for the country you wave pom poms for so vigorously?

Then come on the streets in your checkered lungi and shout ALLAHU AKBAR!!!
 
As I'd tried to explain earlier, ISKCON is a westy gora operation.

The Modi admin here will, at best, leverage what they can with the goras and hurt BD if things go full loco.

You guys should try rein in the enraged rampaging jamaati lot before things go from already quite bad to much much worse.

Me personally, I'm just enzoying all the fitna there.. idgaf about Banglu dharmis lol

do as you see fit, it is your country after all, even if it was India who handed it to you to begin with.

Trump is another factor to consider, we saw that tweet not too long ago, India been lobbying hard.

Jamaatis in Bangladesh are nowhere near as militant as the Taliban.

They want to be part of the normal political process - that is about the extent of it.

General populace do not have out-and-out support for them.
 
The bank accounts of 17 Iskcon members have been frozen by the government of Bangladesh. The government must investigate into the sources of their income.

 
well all what these Bangladeshies are doing is trying to provoke India and specially PM MODI with there so called ANTI HINDU activities and it started when they attacked Hindu's when the agitation against Shiekh Hasina was regarding rservations to decendents MUKTI YODHA on 1970

now that everything failed these jockers branded a temple organization a terror outfit like HAMAS or HEZBOLLAH while declaring JAMAT E ISLAMI as a peacefull organization which has been constantly organizing riots and prosecution against bangladeshi hindus and been instrumental invarious voilant clashes uprissings against bangladeshi police and forces in the past

so in short these jockers in bangladesh are just trying hard to get attention ... best way is niether give them any attention nor any kind of financial or trade realted support
 
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well all what these Bangladeshies are doing is trying to provoke India and specially PM MODI with there so called ANTI HINDU activities and it started when they attacked Hindu's when the agitation against Shiekh Hasina was regarding rservations to decendents MUKTI YODHA on 1970

now that everything failed these jockers branded a temple organization a terror outfit like HAMAS or HEZBOLLAH while declaring JAMAT E ISLAMI as a peacefull organization which has been constantly organizing riots and prosecution against bangladeshi hindus and been instrumental invarious voilant clashes uprissings against bangladeshi police and forces in the past

so in short these jockers in bangladesh are just trying hard to get attention ... best way is niether give them any attention nor any kind of financial or trade realted support

Spreading Hindutva propaganda here will not be tolerated. This is your first warning, Any further posts of this type will be deleted.
 
Demands from every quarter are rolling in into Bangladesh govt. to ban ISKCON, and not just from Islamic political orgs. The govt. must now decide what path to take in order to avoid riots and unrest.

 
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3 more detained amid countywide protests
Staff Correspondent 29 November, 2024, 23:58

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Interreligious Harmony Parishad, Bangladesh holds a harmony rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Friday. | New Age photo

The police on Friday detained three more suspects amid protests in Dhaka and elsewhere over the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram city and clashes with the law enforcers over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of an organisation of the Hindus.

Also on the day, a number of organisations, including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, held countrywide protests, demanding arrest of the lawyer’s killers and banning the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON.

The police have tightened security of temples in Chattogram amid attacks on three Hindu temples in the port city and remained on alert at courts across the country to avoid any untoward incident. They have also said that they are on high alert in the capital.

Amid the situation the minority issue is increasingly becoming a sore point between Bangladesh and India.

Quoting Kotwali police officer-in-charge Md Abdul Karim, New Age staff correspondent in Chattogram reported that the police detained three people in the Bakalia area of Chattogram city on Thursday night.

The detainees are Babla Dhar, 42, son of the late Sunil Dhar from Kalamia Bazar in the city; Sajal Shil, 40, son of Dulal Shil of Ashiya Hindupara in the city; and Durlav Das.

The police said that Durlav Das was identified from video footage as being in possession of a sharp weapon during the murder.

Police officer Abdul Karim said, ‘Among the three detainees, one was directly involved in the lawyer’s murder and was armed with a sharp weapon.’

‘All three have been sent to jail this morning after being produced before the court in a case related to the attack on law enforcement personnel,’ he said.

He further added that no murder case had yet been filed by the family of lawyer Saiful Islam killed on November 26.

The situation was tense after miscreants had vandalised three Hindu temples at Patharghata in the port city on Friday. Two of the temples, Sri Sri Radha Govinda temple and Sri Sri Shantaneshwari Matri Mandir are on Ashraf Ali Road near Jelepara, and Sri Sri Jagatbandhu Ashram is adjacent to Satish Babu Lane.

Additional deputy commissioner for public relations of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police Kazi Md Tarek Aziz said that additional police forces were deployed at the three temples after the attacks had sparked tension. Police patrols were also intensified, he added.

In the capital, Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Muhammad Talebur Rahman told New Age that they were on alert to prevent any untoward situation.

Earlier on Thursday, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed expressed deep concern over the recent security breaches at courts across the country, describing the incidents as ‘rare,’ ‘unprecedented’ and ‘alarming.’

He emphasised urgent measures to ensure the safety and security of judicial premises, judges and court officials.

Various organisations, including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, meanwhile on the day, held protests across the country after Jumma prayers and demanded a ban on ISKCON.

Hefazat leaders and activists held a protest rally in Dhaka, demanding a ban on ISKCON, and another in Chattogram, protesting at lawyer Saiful’s killing.

Its Dhaka city unit arranged the protest rally and a procession at the north gate of the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram in which several thousand people joined.

‘A well-planned attempt is being made to destabilise Bangladesh and instigate a communal riot in the country,’ said Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque at the rally, condemning the murder of the lawyer.

Hefazat leaders also said that the country’s defeated forces were using a section of Hindus to create chaos and anarchy and as part of that ISKCON was carrying out a malicious campaign.

They urged people to stay vigilant against what they described as ‘communal provocations orchestrated by the fallen fascist regime and their masters.’

Hefazat-e-Islam in Chattogram also announced a long march of protest towards the Indian Embassy in the port city, scheduled for next Monday. Its joint secretary general Mufti Harun Izhar announced the programme.

After Friday prayers, Hefazat supporters marched from Jamiatul Falah Mosque, passing through WASA intersection and GEC areas before concluding at 2 No Gate.

Mufti Harun Izhar told the rally, ‘We will stage a peaceful long march towards the Indian High Commissioner’s office at 11:00am on Monday. No one will create unrest or throw stones during the programme.’

He added, ‘Our representatives will submit a memorandum on behalf of the “towhidi janata” to the embassy.’

On November 25, former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was arrested in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area. The next day, a Chattogram court denied him bail and sent him to jail.

Clashes broke out when his followers blocked the prison van taking Chinmoy to jail, leading to the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on the court premises.

Protests have since erupted in various districts, demanding justice for the murder and proscription of the ISKCON.​
 

BNP will not accept anarchy in names of ISKCON, religion: Fakhrul
Staff Correspondent 29 November, 2024, 21:25

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | File photo

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that his party will not accept any anarchy in the name of ISKCON or religion in the country.

Referring to the incident of killing lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram, he said, ‘I am scared when we see a lawyer get killed in the name of ISKCON and religion when we are dreaming about a new Bangladesh.’

His statement came while he was addressing a student convention programme arranged by Thakurgaon Chhatra Parishad in Dhaka, at the auditorium of Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in the capital.

He also said, ‘I would be happy if the anti-discrimination students came out on the streets, protesting such incidents.’

Fakhrul said that the fascists from across the border were trying to prove Bangladesh a fundamentalist country in the eyes of the world by hatching new conspiracies. And the media of neighbouring countries is assisting in these plots.

He called on the student community to remain vigilant against any plots to snatch the victory achieved by Bangladesh.

He said, ‘We all have to be vigilant so that the country does not fall into darkness again.’

Saying that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina had to flee the country, the BNP secretary general said that her example should be publicised more and more to spread the message that those who practised the politics of killing would have to face the fate as she did.

Referring to the recent incidents of clashes in some colleges in Dhaka, Fakhrul said that these incidents were the result of a conspiracy and were in no way acceptable.

‘We achieved a great victory through a bloody movement, and we do not want to lose the victory,’ he said.

At other event on the day, the party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan urged all political parties to unite and fight against fascism.

Nazrul gave the call while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Khalafat Andolan marking its 43rd founding anniversary at the National Press Club in Dhaka.

‘Those who are fighting against fascism in Bangladesh must unite. It is not possible to defeat fascism without a united fight,’ Nazrul said.

‘We have a responsibility to restore democracy in the country. The blood sacrifice of those who gave their lives for democracy cannot be dishonoured,’ he said.

The BNP leader also said, ‘The responsibility of an interim government is to arrange fair elections in which the opinions of the people will be accurately reflected.’

Nazrul further said that starting from the 1952 language movement to the 1990 anti-dictatorship movement, people had shed blood, but time and time again they endured one-party rule, military dictatorship, and the murder of democracy.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON, is a Hindu religious organisation with centres across the world, including Bangladesh. Its name has come to the forefront after one of its former member Chinmoy Krishna Das has recently been arrested in a sedition case.​
 
Haven't kept up with too much news apart from forums these past few.

I was wondering if our jihadidi momota has had any to say on the matter. :unsure:
 
mashallah !

she has indeed !



 

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