E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 10 charge of the investigations. However, in view of the seriousness the Government attaches to the matters, responsibility for the investigation and the prosecution has been transferred to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police department. Communication sent on 3 November 2005 39. On 18 October 2005, a number of unidentified persons broke into a Kali Mandir (Hindu Temple) in the Chagarachi District. They kidnapped the Priest, Shri Gopal Chandra Barman . They also stole a number of idols from the Kali Mandir, including a Visnu idol and a Gopal idol. On 21 October 2005, Shri Gopal Chandra Barman’s body was found, bound with rope, in the nearby Haridhoa River. The Priest had been stabbed to death. Response from the Government dated 11 November 2005 40. The Government acknowledged receipt of the above communication. Observations 41. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the Government’s response to the communications sent on 5July 2005. However, taking into account the serious character of the situation faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh, she regrets that she has still not received a reply to her previous communication dated 10 March 2005. 42. The Special Rapporteur therefore urges the Government to take concrete measures to eliminate acts of religious intolerance towards the Ahmadiyya community in accordance with article 8(a) of the 2005/40 Resolution of the Commission on Human Rights and would like to receive detailed information about the content of these measures as soon as possible. Belarus Communication sent on 17 March 2005 43. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received according to which, on 16 February 2005, Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko of the Minsk-based New Life Church was facing prosecution again for organizing worship without state permission. Indeed, following their inspection of Sunday worship on 23 January 2005, local police announced the charges on 25 January, and an initial district court hearing took place on 10 February 2005. A second hearing was reportedly set for 1 March 2005. It was reported that identical charges were brought against the pastor in late 2004. Fears had been expressed that the latest charges could have been part of official moves to close down the church under Belarusian law. Reports further indicated that New Life administrator Vasily Yurevich was fined 3,200,000 Belarusian roubles on 28 December 2004 for similarly organizing "illegal" worship. Mr. Yurevich lodged a formal protest when the public procuracy refused to take up an appeal against the fine.