The bail listening to of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the Hindu priest arrested and accused of sedition in Bangladesh, has been pushed to subsequent month after no lawyer appeared in court docket for the listening to on Tuesday. Earlier, ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) claimed {that a} Bangladeshi lawyer defending the Hindu monk was “brutally attacked at his residence by Islamists” and is within the Intensive Care Unit.
On Tuesday, legal professionals refused to look for him in the course of the bail listening to, following which the Chattogram court docket adjourned the proceedings. The court docket fastened the subsequent date of listening to on January 2, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote has alleged that roughly 70 Hindu legal professionals have been “falsely sued in a case to forestall their participation” in a bail listening to for his or her spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in line with a report by Bangladeshi every day The Business Standard.
Per the report, the minority coalition linked to the arrested Hindu monk, claimed in an announcement on Sunday evening that the legal professionals have been being sued in a case filed underneath the Explosives Act with Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram, to “sabotage their capability to advocate for Chinmoy Das”.
The coalition reportedly additionally accused “members of a political group” of assaulting legal professionals defending the priest.
On Monday, Radharaman Das, the spokesperson for ISKCON Kolkata, mentioned in a put up on X, “Please pray for Advocate Ramen Roy. His solely ‘fault’ was defending Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in court docket. Islamists ransacked his residence and brutally attacked him, leaving him within the ICU, preventing for his life”.
Please pray for Advocate Ramen Roy. His solely ‘fault’ was defending Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in court docket.
Islamists ransacked his residence and brutally attacked him, leaving him within the ICU, preventing for his life.#SaveBangladeshiHindus #FreeChinmoyKrishnaPrabhu pic.twitter.com/uudpC10bpN
— Radharamn Das राधारमण दास (@RadharamnDas) December 2, 2024
Many legal professionals in Bangladesh, nevertheless, have denied any such occasion.
Last month too, there have been claims on social media and some information retailers {that a} lawyer defending Chinmoy Krishna Das was killed. But investigations revealed that the murdered lawyer, Saiful Islam, was an assistant public prosecutor and he was not defending Chinmoy Das.
Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a distinguished former ISKCON chief, is at present serving as a spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote. He was arrested in Dhaka final month after protests by the Hindu group in Rangpur, demanding stronger authorized protections for minority teams. The monk has been accused of sedition.
Following the rejection of his bail plea on November 26, clashes erupted between protestors and police exterior Chattogram court docket premises, ensuing within the killing of Advocate Saiful Islam Alif.
Four days later, the murdered lawyer’s brother reportedly filed a case underneath the Explosives Act in Chattogram, naming 116 people as accused. His father additionally filed a homicide case involving 31 suspects, the Bangladeshi every day report mentioned.