The Dhaka High Court's refusal to ban ISKCON amidst rising religious tensions and protests over the arrest of a former priest highlights the delicate balance between national security and religious freedoms in Bangladesh.

A new petition in Bangladesh calls for a ban on ISKCON, accusing the group of being a “radical organisation” that threatens national security.

Several social media posts and reports by Indian news outlets claim that the lawyer defending former ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was hacked to death in Bangladesh.