FILE PHOTO: Law enforcers charge batons to disperse followers gathered to demand the release of their leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu leader associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), who appeared at the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
DHAKA (Reuters) - 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.
The Hindu leader, Chinmoy Krishna Das, associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, was arrested at Dhaka airport on Monday on multiple charges, including sedition.
