The hearing was due to be held on December 3 when the court deferred the date to January 2, 2025, on a prosecution side suggestion as no lawyer appeared on his behalf.
ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested after a sedition case was filed against him. He was accused of allegedly undermining the integrity of the Bangladeshi flag. A fresh case has been filed against him by a member of the fundamentalist group Hefazat-e-Islam.
The relationship between India and Bangladesh saw an unusual low after an ISKCON member Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested in a sedition case, triggering a massive outrage in India.
On Monday, Chinmay Krishna Das, the spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Days later, two more ISKCON priests were supposedly arrested in Bangladesh.
ISKCON's mass prayers in hundreds of temples come in the backdrop of unconfirmed reports of the arrest of three more ISKCON priests, days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmay Das.
Chinmoy Das row: The decision came a day after Attorney-General Mohammad Asaduzzaman urged the court not to take any decisions on the ISKCON issue as the government has started taking the required action.
Bangladesh police arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of the Hindu group Sammilita Sanatani Jote, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka while travelling to Chattogram, drawing a sharp reaction from MEA and the Hindu community from both nations.
Bangladesh court placed some newspaper reports about the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) before the HC bench on Wednesday and had prayed for a suo motu (voluntary) order to the government to ban the organisation and impose Section 144 in Chattogram.
The Bangladeh court denied bail to Krishna Das Prabhu and ordered him detained pending further proceedings. One lawyer was killed and scores were injured after clashes broke out following Tuesday's court order.
The protest against the arrest of ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh has gained momentum across the country and abroad, wherein several global leaders, and eminent personalities raised grave conditions of Hindus after PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster.
Earlier on Tuesday, Adhikari along with other BJP members protested outside the Legislative Assembly against the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das by Dhaka Police on charges of sedition. Suvendu Adhikari has called upon the govt to stop issuing visas to Bangladeshis.
A prominent Bangladeshi Hindu leader who has been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation was ordered detained on charges of sedition Tuesday.
As police attempted to transport the Hindu leader to jail, hundreds of his supporters surrounded the van carrying him, forcing it to stop for over an hour before security officials fired teargas to disperse the crowd.
On November 24, Police in Bangladesh arrested ISKCON-associated spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. He was presented in the court on Tuesday from where he was sent to jail.
Bangladesh police created a controversy after arresting Chinmoy Krishna Das, the leader of the Hindu group, Sammilita Sanatani Jote, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka on sedition charges on Monday.
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