Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina this day (28 November) condemned the arrest of mature Iskcon Bangladesh leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari.
Hasina, who is on the 2d residing in India following her ouster, additionally demanded that Chinmoy Krishna, who modified into arrested on sedition prices, may per chance maybe still be released without delay.
“A high leader of the Sanatan non secular community has been unjustly arrested, he may per chance maybe still be released without delay,” Hasina said in an announcement posted on Awami League’s X story this day.
“A lawyer has been killed in Chattogram, and we strongly condemn this substandard act. These accountable for this extinguish may per chance maybe still be acknowledged and like a flash dropped at justice,” reads the commentary.
The commentary said that if the “unconstitutional Yunus authorities” fails to punish these terrorists, it [the government] too will likely be held accountable for human rights violations.
“I call on the other folks of the nation to unite against such terrorism and militancy, as it’s miles predominant to verify that the protection of long-established electorate,” Hasina said in the commentary.
Sheikh Hasina additionally condemned “the killings, harassment and arrests of Awami League leaders and activists.”
Earlier on Tuesday (26 November), lawyer Saiful Islam modified into killed amid clashes amongst police, lawyers, and supporters of mature ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das after a Chattogram court docket denied him bail in a sedition case.
Witnesses said unidentified other folks dragged Saiful to Jangal Cinema Lane on the ground ground of the court docket building, the set he modified into overwhelmed and hacked to loss of life.
The unrest erupted when hundreds of Chinmoy’s followers gathered on the court docket premises, blockading the jail van carrying him and disturbing his immediate free up.
On 25 November, Chinmoy modified into arrested in a sedition case for allegedly disrespecting Bangladesh’s nationwide flag by hoisting a saffron flag above it at a rally organised by the Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha in Chattogram.
