Footage shows Hindus protesting the arrest of monk Chimnoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh on Sunday, December 1. Demonstrations were held in Asansol, Kolkata, and other parts of India. Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) also held a rally in front of their temple in the city,

Bangladeshi Hindus in Montreal, Canada organised a protest in solidarity with ISKCON Bangladesh on Tuesday. Canadian Bangladeshi Hindus urged the Government to press the interim Bangladeshi Government to respect minorities’ rights in Bangladesh.

Sixty-three Iskcon monks from Bangladesh were stopped from crossing into India at the Benapole border over suspicions despite having valid travel documents. Bangladesh authorities did not provide explanations,

A day after the second Hindu monk, Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested in Bangladesh, two other disciples of arrested spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das have also gone missing in Chattogram, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday.

The South Asian country is grappling with political tensions after long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country to India in August following a mass uprising that left hundreds dead.