A prominent Bangladeshi Hindu leader who has been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation has been ordered detained on charges of sedition
Never mind the fact that India issuing instructions to a sovereign foreign govt. is tantamount to involving India in their internal affairs...but these days Indian MEA does it anyways. And that the Indian MEA and moreover, Indian Godi media is defending a child-molester just because he is Hindu.
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Meanwhile, the MEA said that it expected the Bangladeshi legal system to deal with โcases against individualsโ in a โin a just, fair and transparent mannerโ.
New Delhi: Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the Hindu religious leader at the centre of a contentious sedition case in Bangladesh, remains suspended from ISKCON and was barred from having contact with minors and holding kirtans, as per a report.
The Bangla Outlook news outlet reported that the international child protection office at ISKCON, which stands for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, suspended Chinmoy Krishna in October last year and also restricted him from participating in public worship, among other things.
ISKCON child protection office director Kamalesh Krishna Das told Bangla Outlook that โdue to the nature of the allegations, the suspension was necessary to facilitate the investigationโ.
Das did not specify the allegations against Chinmoy Krishna, but ISKCON Bangladesh officials said at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday (November 28) that he had been โexpelledโ and alleged that he contravened orders to refrain from participating in the organisationโs activities after children made misconduct allegations against him, as per Prothom Alo.
The officials also said ISKCON would not bear responsibility over Chinmoy Krishnaโs statements or speeches.
Progress in the investigation against Chinmoy Krishna โhas been delayed by certain challenges, including his level of cooperationโ, Bangla Outlook quoted Das as alleging.
On Friday, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said of Chinmoy Krishnaโs arrest earlier this week that it expected the legal system in Bangladesh would deal with โcases against individualsโ in a โin a just, fair and transparent mannerโ that respects their legal rights and those of โall those who are concernedโ.
It also noted that ISKCON was a โglobally well-regarded organisation with a strong record of social serviceโ.
The MEA also registered concern โat the surge of extremist rhetoricโ as well as the โincreasing incidents of violence and provocationโ against religious minorities in the country, adding to say that these developments could not be dismissed as โmedia exaggerationsโ.
Chinmoy Krishna was arrested in Dhaka on November 25 and ordered detained on sedition charges by a Chattogram court the next day.
His supporters gathered around the police van transporting him to jail, following which clashes erupted between them and police.
A Muslim lawyer identified as a prosecutor was killed amid the violence.
The charges allege that Chinmoy Krishna and others last month instigated a crowd to replace a Bangladeshi flag in Chattogram hoisted on the day former premier Sheikh Hasina fled the country with a saffron-coloured one of ISKCONโs, Prothom Aloreported.
The MEA, which previously issued a statement expressing โdeep concernโ at his detainment โ to Dhakaโs chagrin โ said on Friday that New Delhi had โconsistently and strongly raised with the Bangladesh government the threats and targeted attacks on Hindus and other minoritiesโ.
โOur position on the matter is clear โ the interim government must live up to its responsibility of protecting all minorities,โ ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at the weekly media briefing.
Its references to โmedia exaggerationsโ follow statements from the interim government in Dhaka that reports of attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh after Hasinaโs ouster were being โexaggeratedโ in Indian circles.
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar said in a written statement in parliament on Friday that the Indian government had noted reports of violence against Hindus and attacks on temples occurring in Bangladesh around the time of Hasinaโs ouster as well as during Durga Puja.
Meanwhile, Bangladeshโs foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday โstrongly condemn[ing]โ the burning in effigy by Hindu protesters of interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus outside the countryโs deputy high commission in Kolkata on Thursday.
It also condemned what it said was the burning of the Bangladeshi flag at the deputy high commission.
โAlthough the situation seems to be in control at the moment, there is a prevailing sense of insecurity among all the members of the deputy high commission,โ the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said.
Chattogram lawyers on Sunday in the port city staged demonstrations demanding inclusion of arrested Hindu community leader Chinmoy Krishna Dasโ name as the prime accused in the...
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Lawyers want Chinmoy to be prime accused
Staff Correspondent . Chattogram 02 December, 2024, 00:46
Chinmoy Krishna Das
Chattogram lawyers on Sunday in the port city staged demonstrations demanding inclusion of arrested Hindu community leader Chinmoy Krishna Dasโ name as the prime accused in the murder case filed over the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif.
They also expressed anger at the fact that Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, formerly a leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in short ISKCON, was not even named in the case statement.
Assistant public prosecutor in Chattogram Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death near Chattogram Court Building area on November 26 during clashes between members of law enforcement agencies and followers of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das.
Chinmoy Krishnaโs bail hearing in a sedition case is scheduled for tomorrow amid protests in Chattogram and elsewhere across the country.
Addressing a condolence rally in front of Sonali Bank on the court premises, Chattogram District Bar Association president Nazim Uddin Chowdhury said that Chinmoy Das should have been named as an accused in all the related cases, including the murder case filed over the lawyer killing, and the one filed over the November 26 clash on a Chattogram court premises.
โWe firmly believe Chinmoy Das should be the prime accused in all these cases. The lawyer community will not tolerate his exclusion from cases,โ said Nazim, adding that there was clear evidence in video footage and eyewitness accounts.
They also demanded prompt investigation into the murder case and submission of charge sheet at the earliest.
โWe will continue our protest till justice for advocate Saifulโs murder is delivered,โ he said.
Earlier in the day, lawyers, wearing black badges, staged a protest march that started from in front of the Sonali Bank on the court premises, passed through Laldighi and the Hawkers Market, and concluded in front of Doel Bhaban.
The court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam is scheduled to hear Chinmoyโs bail petition on Tuesday as the hearings on Wednesday and Thursday were not held amid boycott by lawyers, said Monir Hossen Sarker, bench assistant of the court.
Earlier, on November 26, the Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Chattogram rejected Chinmoyโs bail in a sedition case and ordered him to be sent to jail.
Five cases were filed so far over Saiful Islam Alifโs killing near court premises and vandalism and other offences.
The police have filed three of the cases and victim families filed the rest two, while 38 people, including nine in connection with Saiful killing, have been arrested.
Four days after the lawyer had been hacked to death, victimโs father Jamal Uddin filed a murder case with the Kotwali police against 31 named and 10โ15 unidentified people on Saturday.
Saifulโs elder brother Khane Alam filed another case with the same police over attacks and vandalism perpetrated on a Chattogram court premises against 116 named individuals and 400โ500 unnamed people.
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That is exactly say. China is interested in selling their substandard weapons to the countries who has difficulty in sourcing them from any advance nation or their budget does not support those costly purchases. If any country thinks that China will come to their rescue in war like situation then it is their biggest misconception. China has not genuinely supported any country. They always try to bring that country in debt trap and enslave them.
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Because of virulent Indian media propaganda stemming from the arrest of a Hindu ISKCON priest in Bangladesh, Indian VHP Hindutva party functionary miscreants attacked and vandalized the regional Bangladesh High Commission building in Agartala in the state of Tripura. They beat up High Commission staff and destroyed the office furniture and accessories/equipment. Police who were supposed to prevent this attack played the role of silent watchers.
Regional High Commission was also attacked in Kolkata, but it was not as effective for the attackers damage-wise.
India's current administration bears the responsibility for both attacks under the Vienna convention, as these installations are Bangladesh territory and attacks on these are tantamount to attacks on sovereign Bangladesh soil. Video below.
Chattogram Metropolitan Session Judge Saiful Islam set the new date for January 2
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Chinmoy's bail hearing deferred by a month
A Chattogram court today deferred to January 2 the hearing on the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, an ex-ISKCON leader who was arrested in a sedition case.
At 11:00am, the Chattogram Metropolitan Session Judge Saiful Islam set the new date for the hearing as the defence lawyer was absent at the courtroom.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police's Additional Deputy Commissioner (Prosecution) Mofizur Rahman confirmed this information to the media.
The police ramped up security at the court premises ahead of the hearing today. Additional police patrols were seen at various points of the court area.
A group of lawyers were also seen bringing out a procession. However, the accused was not produced in the court today.
Meanwhile, the number of people at the court premises was also lower than other days.
Chinmoy, who is also the spokesperson for Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote, was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka on Nov 25.
Earlier on October 31, a BNP leader filed a case with Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram, accusing Chinmoy and 18 others of disrespecting Bangladesh's national flag in Chattogram's New Market area during a rally of the Hindu community on October 25.
so monks who chant hare rama hare krishna and distribute food items as prasaadam are militants but those who kill , pillage and rape/murder hindu women and children are messengers of peace ..... just cause its your forum dose not mean that i will not talk truth about what hapennes in bangladesh with hindus ..... i have been to dhakka few times both for spare parts and garments and i know how your doctors just refuse to treat after knowing about a patient bieng hindu and how hindu's get beaten up if ever they somehow end up near a posh muslim bangla locality or even a Khutba on jumma .. so please