Chinmoy Krishna Das

January 2, 2025 12:29 PM

Bangladesh: Court rejects bail plea of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das

A court in Chattogram has denied bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, the former ISKCON leader, after a hearing today marked by heightened security, The Daily Star reported. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam turned down the bail request following a 30-minute hearing of both parties’ arguments, according to Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Advocate Mofizur Haque Bhuiyan. Earlier, 11 Supreme Court lawyers had arrived to participate in the bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das. Lawyer...

December 3, 2024 2:57 PM

Bangladesh: Court defers bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday deferred the bail hearing of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das after lawyers declined to represent him. Das, associated with the Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote, an organization advocating for the rights of Bangladesh's minority Hindu community, was arrested in Dhaka on November 25 on sedition charges. The arrest followed a complaint by a local politician who accused Das and others of disrespecting Bangladesh's national flag during a Hindu community rally...

December 3, 2024 9:19 AM

Advocate defending Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das attacked in B’desh: ISKCON

ISKCON on Monday claimed that Advocate Ramen Roy, who had defended Bangladesh's Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in a legal case there, was brutally attacked in the neighbouring country and is now fighting for his life in a hospital. According to ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharaman Das, Roy's only "fault" was defending Chinmoy Krishna Das in court, and a group of Islamists ransacked his home. The attack left Roy critically injured, and he is currently in the ICU, fighting for his...

November 29, 2024 9:05 AM

ISKCON says it backs Chinmoy Krishna Das’ call for protecting Hindus and places of worship in Bangladesh

Amid the row over the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh on the charges of sedition, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Thursday said it backs the cause for which Das stands while seeking re-establishment of an atmosphere of peaceful coexistence with minorities in the neighbouring nation. In a statement, the ISCKON wrote: "ISKCON has not, and does not distance itself from supporting Chinmoy Krishna Das's rights and freedom for peacefully calling ...