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Non secular chief Chinmoy Krishna Das was granted bail by the Bangladesh Excessive Court docket after six months in jail for sedition, following his arrest on fees of insulting the nationwide flag of Bangladesh.
Non secular chief Chinmoy Krishna Das was granted bail by the Bangladesh Excessive Court docket in a sedition case, after six months of arrest, per ANI. Mr. Das, a former ISKCON chief and spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote was arrested on November 25 at Dhaka airport. He was charged for insulting the nationwide flag of Bangladesh.
After a decrease courtroom rejected his software for bail, he utilized within the Excessive Court docket the place the order was handed by a bench of Justice Md Atoar Rahman and Justice Md Ali Reza.
His arrest had sparked protests, culminating in violent clashes between his followers and regulation enforcement outdoors the Chattogram Court docket Constructing on November 27, which resulted within the loss of life of a lawyer, and additional strained relations between India and Bangladesh.
As President of Pundarik Dham, Mr Das has lengthy been a voice for these in search of non secular freedom and minority safety. He beforehand held the place of divisional organising secretary for ISKCON in Chattogram however ISKCON Bangladesh mentioned that he had been faraway from all positions within the organisation.
He was born in Might 1985 in Karianagar village, positioned within the Satkania Upazila of Chattogram. Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari gained recognition for his expertise as a baby orator inside non secular circles. His non secular journey started at a younger age, and by 1997, at simply 12 years outdated, he took diksha (initiation) and joined ISKCON as a brahmachari.
In response to Brahmachari’s arrest final 12 months, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) of India had expressed “deep concern†over the courtroom’s choice to disclaim him bail in January. An MEA assertion emphasised that the arrest occurred in opposition to the backdrop of widespread violence in opposition to Hindus and different minority communities in Bangladesh. The MEA identified that these assaults, together with arson, looting of minority-owned properties, theft, vandalism, and desecration of temples and deities, have continued unchecked. It was famous that regardless of these assaults, non secular leaders like Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, who advocate for peaceable change, are going through fees, whereas the perpetrators of violence stay unpunished.
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