CA press wing debunks fake news items on ISKCON in Indian media

The Chief Adviser's Press Wing said it debunked news pieces published by several Indian media outlets claiming an ISKCON member was attacked in Dhaka's Uttara area on Tuesday.

Several Indian media outlets, including ABP Ananda and Sangbad Pratidin, on December 10 claimed that an ISKCON member was attacked in Dhaka's Uttara area. 

"Krishna Priya Nitai Das, the priest of Radharaman Temple (ISKCON Uttara) in Dhaka's Uttara area, said that he did not know of any incident of attack on any ISKCON devotees or members in the Uttara area," the CA Press Wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page - CA Press Wing Facts.

Police in Dhaka also said they had not received any such complaints.

The press wing statement noted that Indian media did not reveal the identity of the "victim" while neither the Bangladesh police nor any ISKCON leader made any statement in these reports.

It said, in overall consideration, it identified the news as untrue, motivated, and against journalistic ethics.

The press wing said that Hrishikesh Gouranga Das, the central leader of Bangladesh ISKCON, said that an attempt is being made to give a communal shape to a recent family incident in Uttara.

He also said the youth involved in family matters is not an ISKCON member.