Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmmachari, has applied for bail in the high court in the sedition case on the charge of insulting the national flag of Bangladesh, a lawyer said on Monday.
A lawyer representing Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das told the Chittagong court during the hearing on his bail plea that the priest respects the motherland like his mother and is not a traitor.
Earlier in the day, the bail request was turned down by Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam after about 30 minutes of hearing both parties' arguments, according to Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Advocate Mofizur Haque Bhuiyan.
Following the denial of bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, former ISKCON leader, by a Chattogram court, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri expressed deep disappointment, calling it a "travesty of justice."
While speaking with ANI, Kolkata ISKCON Vice President Radha Raman Das said, "It's very sad news. We know that the entire world was keeping an eye on this. Everyone was expecting Chinmoy Prabhu will get freedom in the new year - but even after 42 days, his bail was rejected in a hearing t
A court in Chattogram has refused to grant bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, the former ISKCON leader, following a hearing held with heightened security today, The Daily Star reported.
A group of retired judges, bureacrats, army oficials and other civil society memebrs have penned an open letter to the "people of Bangladesh" expressing their "increasing alarm" and "deep concern" over the deteriorating situation in the neighbouring country.
In the letter, Veena Sikri wrote, "We are addressing this Open Letter to the People of Bangladesh, in the sincere hope that this will help the people of both Bangladesh and India to continue together along the path of peace... The people of India view with increasing alarm and concern the de
A court in the port city of Chittagong on Thursday recorded a petition moved by a senior Supreme Court lawyer for Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail, however, the judge did not allow the early hearing.
Advocate Rabindra Ghosh, a senior lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court and human rights activist, on Wednesday, made a prayer to a court in Chittagong to change the date of the bail hearing of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das.