Petition in Bangladesh seeks ban on Iskcon, authorities says scrutinising outfit

The Bangladeshi authorities on Wednesday referred to as Iskcon or the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness a “spiritual fundamentalist organisation” in response to a writ petition filed within the Excessive Court docket demanding a ban on the outfit. The event comes amid widespread protests throughout Bangladesh over the arrest of Hindu chief Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari and the focusing on of Iskcon and different Hindu temples by radical Islamic outfits.

On Wednesday, a lawyer filed a petition in search of a ban on Iskcon. The lawyer additionally dropped at the courtroom’s consideration the demise of assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam throughout clashes between safety personnel and followers of the Hindu monk after he was denied bail.

In the course of the listening to, the courtroom sought to know from the Legal professional Normal about Iskcon and the way it was established in Bangladesh.

In response, the Legal professional Normal stated the outfit was not a political celebration. “It’s a spiritual fundamentalist organisation. The federal government is already scrutinising them,” the Legal professional Normal stated.

The Excessive Court docket directed the Legal professional Normal to report the federal government’s place on Iskcon and the general regulation and order state of affairs of the nation by Thursday morning. The courtroom requested the federal government to forestall the deterioration of the regulation and order state of affairs.