‘Former’ ISKCON affiliate jailed for sedition, Bangladesh media reviews

Brahmachari and 18 others had been charged with sedition for allegedly hoisting a saffron flag above Bangladesh’s nationwide flag on the New Market intersection in Chittagong on 25 October. Movies of the flags went viral and the case was filed by one Md Feroze Khan on the night time of 30 October underneath sedition legal guidelines on the Kotwali police station.

These named as accused within the case are Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari (38), former Chittagong divisional organising secretary of ISKCON, Ajay Dutta (34), coordinator of the Hindu Jagran Manch’s Chittagong division; Leela Raj Das Brahmachari (48), principal of the Prabartak Iskcon Temple within the metropolis; and others equivalent to Gopal Das Tipu, Dr Kathak Das, Amit Dhar, Roni Das, Rajib Das, Krishna Kumar Dutta, Jiku Chowdhury, Newton Dey, Tushar Chakraborty Rajib, Mithun Dey, Rupan Dhar, Rimon Dutta, Sukanta Das, Biswajit Gupta, Rajesh Chowdhury, and Hriday Das, Dhaka Tribune reported.