ISKCON devotees on Tuesday joined in prayers in Kolkata for the safety of Hindus and a peaceful 2025 for the minority community which has been facing attacks in Bangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.

Hundreds of followers of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) chanted 'Hare Krishna' and sang songs to express solidarity with the Hindus in Bangladesh.

Holding placards seeking the safety and security of Hindus and a peaceful 2025 in the neighbouring nation, the devotees joined in the prayers at the Albert Road centre on the eve of the new year, led by ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das.

"We are praying to God that the Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh can live in peace every day in 2025," Das said.

Maintaining that life has been terrible for Bangladeshi Hindus in 2024, he said "We hope that they will get justice and peace in 2025."

Bangladesh's minority Hindus, who constitute only about 8 per cent of the 170 million population, have faced hundreds of attacks in 50-odd districts of the country since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government on August 5.

Das had earlier demanded that the interim government in Bangladesh take strong action against the fundamentalists fomenting trouble in that country and arrest them so as to build confidence among the minorities.

They have also demanded the immediate release of jailed Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and other monks arrested in Bangladesh.

Das is scheduled to be produced before a Bangladesh court on January 2.

The ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson said that he is hopeful that Das and the other three monks in jail in Bangladesh will get justice.