Hindu priest and former ISKCON Bangladesh member Chinmoy Krishna’s two associates arrested, claims his organisation

Dhaka: Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha and head of Pundarik Dham in Chittagong was arrested and sent to jail on Monday, November 25. Chinmoy Krishna Das is a former member of ISKCON Bangladesh.
Now, his two associates have been arrested from the north-eastern port city of Chattogram, a spokesperson of Kundalidham Monastery run by the Hindu leader said on Saturday, 30 November 2024.
However, police have not confirmed the arrest.
“Das’ associates Adinath Prabhu and Ranganath Das were arrested as they were carrying some food for their jailed leader in the port city,” Professor Kushal Barun Chakrabarty, spokesperson of the Kundalidham Monastery said.
Adinath Prabhu and Ranganath Das were arrested on Thursday, November 28.
Das, a former member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Bangladesh, was arrested from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. He was denied bail and sent to jail by the Chattogram’s Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate court in a sedition case on Tuesday.
Das heads the Kundalidham Ashram (Monastery) at Chattogram and is also a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote. His arrest and subsequent jail in a sedition case on Tuesday triggered clashes between his supporters and the security personnel.
Chinmoy Krishna was taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday, November 25. He was produced before Judge Kazi Shariful Islam of Chittagong’s 6th Metropolitan Magistrate on Tuesday, November 26, who rejected his bail and sent him to jail.