ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari detained in Bangladesh: Reports 

Bangladeshi Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari has reportedly been detained at the Dhaka airport

Bangladesh-based ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari has been detained at Dhaka airport, according to reports.

Earlier this month, the Bangladeshi authorities filed a sedition case against Brahmachari. Reports say that he was stopped from leaving the country on Monday and was taken to a police station. There has not been any official confirmation of his arrest so far.

Brahmachari has been a vocal voice against violence against Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh. Violence against Hindus and other religious minorities has enveloped the country since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The new unelected interim regime of Mohammed Yunus, propped by the military and agitating groups, has been widely criticised for failing to check violence against minorities.

As Brahmachari has been a leading voice of Bangladesh’s Hindus, the Yunus regime’s actions against him have been seen as a move to silence the wider Hindu community by sending a message to them.

At a rally last month, Brahmachari had said, “If anyone wants to evict us from this country and live in peace, it will become Afghanistan or Syria. There will be no democratic force. Bangladesh will become a sanctuary of communalism.”