The on-going hatred and religiously-motivated atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh seems to have no end as yet another Hindu priest and member of ISKCON, Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested in Bangladesh’s Chattogram.
The incident follows the detention of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, who has been languishing in jail for several days now. As per reports, Shyam Das Prabhu was taken into custody without an official warrant while visiting Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail.
Radharamn Das, vice-president and spokesperson of ISKCON Kolkata, posted on X, “Another Brahmachari Sri Shyam Das Prabhu was arrested by Chattogram Police today.”
Does he look like a terrorist?#FreeISKCONMonks Bangladesh. The arrest of innocent #ISKCON brahmacharis are deeply shocking & disturbing. pic.twitter.com/VG6u7jlnXB
— Radharamn Das राधारमण दास (@RadharamnDas) November 30, 2024
Yet another center in Bangladesh’s Bhairav was vandalized. “No respite in sight,” he wrote on X.
Chinmoy Krishna Das, a well-known figure from the community and former member of ISKCON Bangladesh, was put in jail earlier this week on “sedition” charges. On Tuesday, his bail plea was also rejected.
Meanwhile, RSS, a Hindu nationalist organization, has urged central government to “mobilize global support” against the increasing violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
General Secretary of the RSS, Dattatreya Hosabale, described the persecution of Hindus as “satanic.” He also slamming the Muhammad Yunus led regime, charging the interim government of being a “silent spectator” in allowing the increasing violence against the minority community.
“The attacks, murders, looting, arson, as well as inhuman atrocities by Islamic fundamentalists on Hindus, women, and all other minorities in Bangladesh are extremely worrying, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh condemns this,” the statement read.
He called for immediately stopping such atrocities and demanded the Indian government to take all efforts to handle the situation. He also urged the diplomatic measures to build pressure from around the world, which should pressure the Bangladesh government to protect religious minorities in Bangladesh.
“All that the Iskcon monk Chinmay Krishna Das was doing was that he was leading Hindus to peaceful protests and out of helplessness, a new phase of injustice and atrocities against the Bangladeshi Hindus is emerging to suppress the voice raised by them through democratic means for self-defense. It is unjust for the Bangladesh government to imprison the Iskcon monk,” the statement added.
