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.

ISKCON followers held prayers and 'kirtan' at its Albert Road centre in Kolkata to highlight the plight of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh, where they are suffering atrocities.

Dhaka: Another ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) center in Bhairab, Bangladesh, was vandalised on Saturday, marking yet another attack targeting the Hindu minority in the country.

ISKCON's mass prayers in hundreds of temples come in the backdrop of unconfirmed reports of the arrest of three more ISKCON priests, days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmay Das.

At the ISKCON temple in Kolkata, devotees gathered for prayers and kirtans to seek Lord Krishna's intervention as the attacks on Hindus have increased in the last few weeks.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that India has consistently and strongly raised the issue of targeted attacks on Hindus and other minorities with Bangladesh government.