The incident occurred on Thursday during a rally organised by the Bongio Hindu Jagaran Manch, a Hindu group protesting alleged attacks on Hindus and the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh.

Religious minorities in Bangladesh fear a crackdown in the Muslim-majority country amid unrest sparked by the arrest of a popular figure in the Hindu rights movement.

Three Hindu temples in Chattogram, Bangladesh, were vandalised by a mob amid protests incited by the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former ISKCON member, under sedition charges. The incident has heightened tensions between India and Bangladesh,

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 Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) sent these directives to different banks and financial institutions on Thursday, suspending all types of transactions in these accounts for a month.

The arrest of a Hindu monk in Bangladesh has triggered a fresh war of words with neighbour India over the condition of minorities in the country. Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson of a Bangladesh-based Hindu organisation,

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) sent these directives to different banks and financial institutions on Thursday, suspending all types of transactions related to these accounts for a month.

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,

ISKCON's statement disassociating itself from Chinmoy Krishna Das came after it faced ban calls in Bangladesh.