Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sommilito Sanatan Jagaran Jot coalition, faces sedition charges for allegedly disrespecting the national flag during a rally.

Bangladesh has strongly condemned the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, a prominent Sanatani leader, and voiced grave concern over the rising violence and attacks against the Sanatani community across the country.

By Swasti Chatterjee Several news outlets have falsely claimed that a lawyer who was representing arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was killed in clashes that took place at Bangladesh's Chattogram Court premises on November 26.

Priyanka Gandhi demanded that the central government strongly raise the issue of the safety of minorities in Bangladesh.

BJP leaders, spearheaded by Suvendu Adhikari, protested outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata over the arrest of ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das. They demanded his release, alleging religious persecution in Bangladesh.

ISKCON Bangladesh criticizes the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson advocating for minority rights. Das faces sedition charges after an incident involving the Bangladesh flag. The complainant reportedly withdrew the case.

ISKCON monk Chinmoy was reportedly held in Bangladesh for alleged sedition, during his rallies in Chattaogram and Rangpur. He was arrested from the Dhaka International Airport by the Detective Branch of Dhaka Police.

A plea in the Bangladesh High Court seeks to ban ISKCON following the sedition arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das. The court is reviewing ISKCON's activities. Hindu groups oppose the ban, while ISKCON and India's government express concern over Chinmoy's detention and advocate for minority rights protection in Bangladesh.

"Prabhu pronam," is how Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari greets most people, with a genuine warmth in his voice. Under the affable personality lay hidden a steely resolve, a glimpse of which the world got through the window of the prison van as the young Bangladeshi Hindu leader was being taken away from a court in Chattogram on Tuesday.