Jailed Hindu monk strikes Bangladesh courtroom for bail, listening to possible on January 20

The attorneys of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, arrested in Bangladesh in November final yr in a sedition case, have filed a petition within the Excessive Courtroom in search of bail for the jailed Hindu monk. Das was arrested by the Dhaka Police on November 25, days after a sedition case was filed in opposition to him.

The contemporary bail plea was moved by the monk’s attorneys earlier than the Excessive Courtroom final week and is prone to be heard on January 20.

On January 2, a Chattogram courtroom rejected Das’s bail plea, a transfer that prompted India to induce Bangladeshi authorities to make sure a good trial for the Hindu monk.

Das, main protests in opposition to atrocities in opposition to Hindus in violence-hit Bangladesh, was arrested by the Dhaka Police’s Detective Department on November 25, 2024, on prices of disrespecting the Bangladeshi flag at a rally which he had addressed in October.

Following Das’s arrest, his bail software was rejected by Chattogram’s Metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom on November 26.

In an unique interview with India As we speak Digital in November 2024 earlier than his arrest, Das stated the sedition case was an try to complete off the management spearheading the protests for minority rights in Muhammad Yunus’s regime.

The monk emerged as a distinguished voice for minorities, notably Hindus, following the autumn of Sheikh Hasina’s regime, which led to widespread assaults on minorities in Bangladesh.

A number of incidents of violence in opposition to minorities within the Muslim-majority nation have been reported up to now couple of months after the ouster of Hasina in August final yr amid anti-government protests.

In the meantime, a Chittagong courtroom not too long ago granted interim bail to 63 Hindu attorneys in reference to a case pertaining to the dying of a Muslim lawyer on the courtroom premises throughout final yr’s clashes after Das’s arrest.

The bail was granted by the Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace for a private bond of 1,000 Bangladeshi takas after 63 out of 70 attorneys surrendered earlier than the courtroom on Monday.

Earlier, a case was filed in opposition to 70 Hindu attorneys on the Chittagong Bar in reference to the matter.