ISKCON showed support for Chinmoy Krishna Das, arrested for sedition after displaying Bangladesh’s flag. A Chittagong court denied his bail request, leading to public outrage and demands for his release.

Bangladesh freezes bank accounts of 17 ISKCON members, including Chinmoy Krishna Das, amid sedition case and clash.

Bangladesh authorities ordered to freeze the accounts of 17 people associated with ISKCON for 30 days and directed the bank to submit all the transaction details within three days

Bangladesh’s financial authorities have ordered freezing for 30 days the bank accounts of 17 people associated with ISKCON, including its former member Chinmoy Krishna Das, according to media reports on Friday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh’s capital have arrested a prominent Hindu leader who has been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising in August.

Chinmoy Krishna Das, the leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Bangladesh, also popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement, was detained on sedition charge on Tuesday after the magistrate court of Kazi Shariful Islam denied him bail.

The arrest of a Hindu monk in Bangladesh has triggered a fresh war of words with neighbour India over the condition of minorities in the country. Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson of a Bangladesh-based Hindu organisation,