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ISKCON hopes for justice ahead of jailed Chinmoy Das' court hearing in Bangladesh
Chinmay Krishna Das was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area of Dhaka in connection with a sedition case filed in Chattogram on November 25
ISKCON Kolkata on Wednesday expressed hope that jailed Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das will receive justice in the court hearing scheduled on Thursday.
ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das said the organisation will hold prayers for Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh on the first day of 2025, as they have been doing over the past month.
"To get justice, the minimum requirement is proper functioning of the legal system," he said.
Chinmay Krishna Das is scheduled to be produced before a Bangladesh court on January 2. He was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area of Dhaka in connection with a sedition case filed in Chattogram on November 25.
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"In the last two hearings, we observed that his lawyers were not allowed to appear, and we hope that tomorrow, his lawyers will be able to represent him," Das added.
The ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson said the interim government in Bangladesh should take appropriate legal action if there is a recurrence of threats by some advocates of beating up any lawyer representing Das in court.
"We have been holding prayers for the peace and safety of Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh for the past one month and will continue to do so," he said.
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Bangladesh's minority Hindus, which constitute only about 8 per cent of the 170 million population, have faced hundreds of attacks in 50-odd districts of the country since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government on August 5.
Das had earlier demanded that the interim government in Bangladesh take strong action against the fundamentalists fomenting trouble in that country and arrest them so as to build confidence among the minorities.
