Hyderabad: Condemning the arrest and imprisonment of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, members of Telangana Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),

Two more Hindu priests were arrested in Bangladesh, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday.

Animosity towards Hindus in Bangladesh seems to have been going on for some time. In 2021, mob attacks during and after the Hindu festival of Durga Puja prompted human rights group Amnesty International to say that the Bangladesh state has, over the years, "failed in its duty to protect minorities".

Bangladesh stepped up security in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday as police arrested six people in connection with the murder of a lawyer, who was killed during clashes following the arrest of a leader of the country's Hindu minority.

Lawyers in southeastern Bangladesh are boycotting courts to protest the killing of a colleague in a daylong violence over the arrest of a prominent minority Hindu leader.

The young ISKCON priest, identified as Shyam Das, was detained as he went to meet Chinmoy in jail. Calling their detention deeply shocking, ISKCON called for their immediate release in a post on X.

"We strongly protest such arrests and appeal to the Bangladesh government to give protection to minorities,” claimed Radharamn Das, the vice-president and spokesperson of ISKCON.

Another Hindu priest and Iskon member, Shyam Das Prabhu, was detained in Chattogram, Bangladesh without an official warrant. This follows the earlier

The development comes amid widespread protests by Hindus across Bangladesh following the arrest of former Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das earlier this week on sedition charges.

The ISKCON's appeal comes after widespread protests in Bangladesh following the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.