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Arrest of Iskcon monk in Bangladesh: ‘Why were monks with valid docus stopped from international travel?’ | Kolkata News – Times of India
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Arrest of Iskcon monk in Bangladesh: ‘Why were monks with valid docus stopped from international travel?’ | Kolkata News – Times of India

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, ...