Bangladesh’s authorities have ordered freezing for 30 days the bank accounts of 17 people associated with ISKCON, including its former member Chinmoy Krishna Das arrested this week on sedition charges,

Bangladesh's authorities have reportedly directed the freezing of bank accounts for 30 days for 17 people associated with Hindu religious organisation ISKCON, including its ex-member Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested earlier this week.

ISKCON held a protest kirtan demanding the release of Chinmoy Krishna Das. Concerns were raised about the safety of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, a community facing increased attacks since the political shift in August.

Supreme Court lawyer Md Monir Uddin placed some newspaper reports about Iskcon before the HC bench and had prayed for a suo motu (voluntary) order to the govt to ban the organisation and impose Section 144 in Chattogram,

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Court Thursday rejected a petition seeking a ban on ISKCON's activities in the country, days after a lawyer was killed in a clash between

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has ordered to freeze the bank accounts of 17 ISKCON affiliates, including former member Chinmoy Krishna Das, after his arrest on sedition charges. This action follows violent clashes and a High Court decision rejecting a petition to ban ISKCON.

The demand for the ban has arisen since a lawyer, Saiful Islam Alif, was killed on Tuesday during a clash involving law-enforcers and alleged Iskcon supporters who were protesting the arrest of Chinmo

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