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Krishna Das Prabhu, a prominent Hindu leader, was detained at Dhaka airport and taken to an undisclosed location.
Several FIRs were filed against Bangladeshi Hindu religious leader Krishna Das Prabhu, recently detained and barred from leaving Bangladesh. (IMAGE: X/@Shebeshivi)
Bangladeshi Hindu religious leader Krishna Das Prabhu was detained at Dhaka Airport on Monday by the nation’s authorities and was barred from leaving the country and taken to an undisclosed location, CNN-News18 has learned.
Kanchan Gupta, senior advisor to the Indian ministry of information and broadcasting, said Krishna Das Prabhu, aka Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari is a Hindu leader and a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
Gupta in a social media post claimed that Krishna Das was arrested by the interim government led by Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus.
Hindu leader and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari is reported arrested in Dhaka by Yunus Regime Police.Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was charged with sedition after he led a massive rally of Hindus protesting targeted hate attacks and protection from Islamists.…— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) November 25, 2024
“Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was charged with sedition after he led a massive rally of Hindus protesting targeted hate attacks and protection from Islamists. (The) tallest leader of the Hindu community is believed to have been taken to the Detective Branch of Yunus Regime,” Gupta said in a social media post on X.
Sources have told CNN-News18 that “few FIRs and investigations were pending against him”.
Hindu groups in Bangladesh have also claimed that the ISKCON leader was arrested.
(with inputs from Manoj Gupta)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh