ISKCON Bangladesh Secretary Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu Arrested at Dhaka Airport

ISKCON Bangladesh Secretary Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu has been arrested by the Bangladesh Detective Department from Dhaka airport. According to Bangladesh media reports, Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu has been detained by the police at Dhaka airport. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday to go from Dhaka to Chittagong. He is being questioned. Chinmay Prabhu has held several rallies against the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. In these rallies, he has continuously attacked the interim government. Chinmay Prabhu is also working as a spokesperson of Sanatan Jagran Manch in Bangladesh.

On October 30, a case was registered against 19 people including Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu under the Sedition Act for insulting the national flag in Bangladesh. Two people have also been arrested in this case. It is alleged that after the mass movement on August 5, the students hoisted the national flag at the New Market intersection. On October 25, the day of the Laldighi rally, the saffron-coloured religious flag of the communal religious group ISKCON was hoisted. It was placed above the national flag.

In August last year, Sheikh Hasina had to resign from the post of Prime Minister due to a student movement. After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government, a caretaker government led by Mohammad Yunus is administering Bangladesh, but since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's government, incidents of attacks on Hindus and other minority community people have increased in Bangladesh, against which many protests have been held by the minority community.

Since October, Sanatan Jagran Manch started protests in Chittagong demanding the safety and rights of minorities. In this, Chinmay Krishna Das Prabhu attacked the government many times. Under his leadership, Hindu minorities have raised their voice on eight major demands. These include setting up of a tribunal to try those involved in crimes against minorities, compensation and rehabilitation of victims, implementation of the Minority Protection Act, creation of a Ministry of Minority Affairs, construction of prayer places and puja rooms for minorities in educational institutions and hostels, giving priority to Hindu, Buddhist and Christian welfare trusts, implementation of the Transfer of Property Act, modernisation of the Pali and Sanskrit education boards and a five-day holiday on Durga Puja.