54 Devotees from different districts who arrived at the Benapole border crossing on Saturday evening and Sunday morning were told, however, that their trip was not authorized after hours of waiting citing “suspicious travel”.
Benapole Immigration Checkpost Officer-in-Charge (OC) Imtiaz Ahsanul Quader Bhuiyan said the ISKCON members were denied permission because higher officials restricted them from going to India. On the contrary, the ISKCON members, however, said that they were not given clear reasons.
The atmosphere in Bangladesh is tense. Since the establishment of the interim administration headed by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, Islamist organizations have launched fierce attacks against minorities in Bangladesh, especially Hindu. Chinmoy Das was arrested and as a result there was mass agitation. This coincides with claims that Bangladesh has targeted the group, despite having legitimate travel permits, ISKCON members of the Hindu spiritual group were reportedly refused entry into India by Bangladeshi border officials.
54 Devotees from different districts who arrived at the Benapole border crossing on Saturday evening and Sunday morning were told, however, that their trip was not authorized after hours of waiting citing “suspicious travel”.
Benapole Immigration Checkpost Officer-in-Charge (OC) Imtiaz Ahsanul Quader Bhuiyan said the ISKCON members were denied permission because higher officials restricted them from going to India. On the contrary, the ISKCON members, however, said that they were not given clear reasons.
The atmosphere in Bangladesh is tense. Since the establishment of the interim administration headed by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, Islamist organizations have launched fierce attacks against minorities in Bangladesh, especially Hindu. Chinmoy Das was arrested and as a result there was mass agitation. This coincides with claims that Bangladesh has targeted the group, detained key players connected to it, and frozen bank accounts too.ained key players connected to it, and frozen bank accounts too.
