Earlier, General Secretary Of ISKCON Bangladesh Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari had said that the arrested monk had been removed from all positions due to breach of discipline. On this, the group clarified that Das was not an official member of the organisation and it did not attempt to distance itself from him.

Yati Narsinghanand Giri, the controversial head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, has voiced strong outrage over the alleged persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh. Speaking on Thursday,

Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari, the general secretary of ISKCON Bangladesh, said the monk had been removed from all positions of the organisation.