ISKCON Bangladesh – Bhartiyanews24x7

DHAKA: Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the Hindu monk arrested and charged with sedition in Bangladesh, will have to wait until Jan 2 for a bail hearing as a Chattogram court accepted on Tuesday the prosecution's request for a lengthy adjournment on the ground that he did not have a defence lawyer yet.Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, of which Chinmoy Krishna is a spokesperson, was quoted by local media as saying that around 70 Hindu lawyers were "falsely sued in a case to prevent their participation" in the arrested monk's fresh bail hearing.Although Iskcon Bangladesh has disowned Chinmoy Krishna, saying he was expelled in Oct for disciplinary reasons, Iskcon Kolkata's vice-president Radharamn Das protested against the circumstances leading to metropolitan sessions judge Md Saif...

KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the Benapole land port, the Bangladesh side of the international border, by Bangladeshi authorities for "suspicious activities", the reports claimed. Till late Sunday, there was no response from a senior official of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata to TOI's calls and texts. The reported move coincided with Kolkata Iskcon devotees joining in a global protest against the reported persecution in Bangladesh.According to news reports from the neighbouring country, the 63 monks, from various districts in Bangladesh, ...

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