Bangladesh Excessive Court docket refuses to ban ISKCON, orders govt to stay cautious about defending legislation
Dhaka: In a significant growth, the Bangladesh Excessive Court docket on Thursday refused to go a suo motu order on banning ISKCON’s actions in Bangladesh after it was knowledgeable that the federal government authorities have taken mandatory measures, The Day by day Star reported. The lawyer had sought a ban from the excessive court docket on the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) after putting some newspaper experiences associated to the organisation on Wednesday.
The court docket had requested the lawyer common to tell it in regards to the steps taken by the federal government relating to ISKCON’s latest actions, in accordance with The Day by day Star. Hindu chief Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was arrested this week, was earlier expelled from ISKCON. His arrest triggered clashes on Tuesday throughout which Advocate Saiful Islam, an assistant public prosecutor, was killed.
When the Excessive Court docket proceedings began on Thursday, the lawyer common’s workplace positioned the data sought by the court docket earlier than the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury, The Day by day Star mentioned.
Further Legal professional Common Aneek R Haque and Deputy Legal professional Common Asad Uddin knowledgeable the HC bench that three separate circumstances have been filed in reference to the homicide of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif and ISKCON’s actions, and 33 accused have been arrested in these circumstances. The bench then hoped that the federal government would stay cautious about defending the legislation and order scenario and lives and properties of the folks of Bangladesh, the newspaper added.
India on Tuesday famous with “deep concern” Das’ arrest and denial of bail, and urged Dhaka to make sure the security and safety of Hindus and all different minority teams. Individually, a gaggle of Supreme Court docket legal professionals despatched a authorized discover to the Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday looking for a ban on ISKCON describing it as a “radical organisation.”
The discover, despatched by Al Mamun Russell on behalf of 10 legal professionals, additionally demanded prosecution of these chargeable for Advocate Islam’s homicide, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper mentioned quoting the discover. “ISKCON has been working in Bangladesh as a radical organisation, participating in actions designed to impress communal unrest,” the discover alleged.
Allegations in opposition to ISKCON
Citing a guide by former Bangladeshi intelligence officers, the discover alleges that ISKCON has been selling non secular occasions “with the intent of inciting sectarian violence,” “imposing its beliefs on conventional Hindu communities,” and forcibly recruiting members from decrease Hindu castes, the newspaper mentioned.
Russel’s discover was addressed to the Ministry of Residence Affairs, the Ministry of Regulation and Justice, and the Inspector Common of Police and referred to as for a direct ban on ISKCON in Bangladesh underneath the related part of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009.
Earlier, the ISKCON had urged the Bangladesh authorities to advertise “peaceable coexistence” for Hindus within the nation because it “strongly” denounced Das’ arrest.
Das, the spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport on Monday as he was about to fly to Chattogram to affix a rally. He was denied bail and despatched to jail by the Chattogram’s Sixth Metropolitan Justice of the Peace court docket in a sedition case on Tuesday.
In a press release on Tuesday, ISKCON Bangladesh Common Secretary Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari mentioned, “We specific our critical concern and strongly denounce the latest arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das …We additionally condemn the following violence and assaults in opposition to Sanatanis in numerous areas of Bangladesh.
(With inputs from company)
