Ensure all detainees get legal help: US to Bangladesh on jailed Hindu monk – Times of India

DHAKA: Bangladesh must ensure “appropriate” legal representation for all detainees in keeping with basic human rights principles, a US state department spokesperson said in Washington, hours after arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari’s bail hearing in a Chittagong court on Tuesday was adjourned by a month as he didn’t have a counsel.Principal deputy spokesperson…

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Two more Iskcon priests arrested in Bangladesh following Chinmoy Krishna Das’s detention | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Two Iskcon priests who were associates of Chinmoy Krishna Das were arrested in Bangladesh on Saturday, Iskcon Kolkata vice president Radharamn Das said amid escalating tensions within the country’s Hindu community. Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, “I have received information that two more Iskcon monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh.”In a…

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HC cites lack of proof, junks sedition, extortion FIRs against IPS officer | India News – Times of India

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh HC Wednesday quashed all three FIRs filed against 1994-batch IPS officer G P Singh in connection with sedition, extortion and disproportionate assets charges.A division bench noted that the FIRs seem to have been filed solely to harass him. Singh was an ADGP when the FIRs were registered. According to Singh’s counsel, among the…

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