Brahmachari, of the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatan Jagaran Jote group, was arrested as he travelled from the capital Dhaka to Chittagong, a senior leader of the group told AFP.
“We are not aware of the charges brought against him,” the committee member Proshanto Kumar Haldar told AFP, saying the group would stage rallies demanding he be released.
“We urge people to join a human chain on Tuesday across the country,” he said.
Bangladesh’s Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, which supports religious minorities, condemned the arrest of Brahmachari.
Brahmachari had formerly been a member of the more mainstream International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly called the Hare Krishna movement, before joining the new group.
Hindus are the largest minority faith in Bangladesh, accounting for around 8 per cent of the population.
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