ISKCON has urged India to raise the issue of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari’s arrest in Dhaka with the Bangladesh interim government. Das was Tuesday denied bail by a Chittagong court.

ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, was denied bail after being arrested on sedition charges. India's Ministry of External Affairs expressed concern,

A public prosecutor was killed after violent clashes erupted in Bangladesh on Tuesday following the arrest of a prominent Hindu leader, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, AFP reported. The unrest followed the denial of bail to Brahmachari, who is currently facing sedition charges.