Bangladesh police on Monday arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a leader of the Hindu group, Sammilita Sanatani Jote, from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka.

“Das was detained in line with a request from (regular police),” spokesman of the Police’s Detective Branch Rezaul Karim said. He said Das would now be handed over to the concerned police station for subsequent legal procedure.

Das was detained at the airport, Karim said, without giving details of the charges for which he was arrested.

Bengali-language newspaper Prothom Alo reported that Das was a leader of ISKCON, which recently expelled him.

ISKCON leaders in Bangladesh were not immediately available for comment, but the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council condemned the detention, saying it could affect the country’s image abroad.

Citing Sanatani Jagran Jote’s key organiser, Gaurang Das Brahmachari, Bdnews24 news portal said that Das was supposed to go to Chattogram by air from Dhaka. On October 30, a case was filed against 19 people, including Das, at Chattogram’s Kotwali Police Station, accusing them of disrespecting Bangladesh’s flag in Chattogram.