Hindu leader & ISKCON member Krishna Das Prabhu detained in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Hindu leader and ISKCON member Krishna Das Prabhu was detained at Dhaka Airport on Monday by the authorities. He was barred from leaving the nation.

In a post on social media platform X, Kanchan Gupta, senior advisor to the Indian ministry of information and broadcasting, said: “Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was charged with sedition after he led a massive rally of Hindus protesting targeted hate attacks and protection from Islamists. (The) tallest leader of the Hindu community is believed to have been taken to the Detective Branch of Yunus Regime."

According to a report by CNN-News18, few FIRs and investigations were pending against Krishna Das Prabhu.

Hindu groups in Bangladesh have also claimed that the ISKCON leader was arrested, said the report.

The Hindu community in Bangladesh was hit in the chaotic aftermath of a student-led revolution that forced the prime minister to flee.

The attacks were condemned by the new caretaker government, and its leader Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.

Hindus are less than a tenth of its 170 million Bangladesh population. Sheikh Hasina fled by helicopter on August 5, and was given shelter by the Indian government. They were targeted because they were perceived to have supported Hasina.

Hasina's toppling lost India its closest ally in the region. 

Her 15-year rule saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.

Those who suffered under Hasina in Bangladesh are openly hostile to India for the abuses committed by her government.

An arrest warrant was issued for the fugitive 77-year-old Hasina, whose last confirmed whereabouts was a military airbase near India's capital New Delhi.

The Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist, Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) reported more than 2,000 incidents, including murder and rape, from August 4-20.

Among the many cases were those killed during the August 5 destruction of a museum at the home of Hasina's father, Bangladesh's first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.