Bail hearing of Chinmoy Das postponed to Jan 2; Iskcon says his advocate ‘fighting for life’ after assault
Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who had been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in Bangladesh, was arrested at Dhaka airport on November 25.
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Chinmoy Krishna Das, who had been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in Bangladesh, was arrested from Dhaka airport on November 25 while travelling to Chattogram. (ANI)The bail hearing for Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday at a court in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, has been postponed to January 2 as there was no lawyer to represent him, sources in Bangladesh revealed.
Meanwhile, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) has claimed that the condition of his advocate Ramen Roy – who was attacked allegedly for defending Das – continues to be critical.
According to Iskcon, the advocate was beaten up at his residence in Chattogram, reportedly on Monday night. “Roy’s only ‘fault’ is that he is defending Chinmoy Krishna Das. His home was ransacked and he was severely assaulted… He defended Das when he was first produced in court (on November 26). He is still in the ICU, fighting for his life,” Radharamn Das, vice-president and spokesperson of Iskcon, Kolkata told The Indian Express.
Chinmoy Krishna Das, who had been leading rallies demanding security for Hindus in Bangladesh, was arrested from Dhaka airport on November 25 while travelling to Chattogram. He faces charges of sedition filed in October after he led a rally in Chattogram where he was accused of disrespecting Bangladesh’s national flag. He was denied bail and sent to jail by a Chittagong court in a sedition case on November 26.
“Not only Ramen Roy, lawyers who represented him earlier too were attacked and had cases slapped against them. In this atmosphere of fear, we do not know which lawyer will risk his life and defend him,” added Radharamn Das.
“Please pray for Advocate Ramen Roy… Islamists ransacked his home and brutally attacked him,” Radharamn shared on his ‘X’ handle earlier, with a picture of the advocate in a hospital bed.
Protests have broken out in various parts of Bengal over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das and atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh. India has pressed for fair and transparent trial of the Hindu monk. Iskcon had also alleged that two more monks, including Das’s assistant, were arrested. Besides, 63 monks with valid visas were stopped by Bangladesh authorities at the border and not allowed to enter India, the organisation claimed.
The Bangladesh government is yet to react to the allegations raised by Iskcon.
Associated with the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatan Jagaran Jote group and Iskcon, Chinmoy Das had been organising multiple rallies in Bangladesh to condemn alleged atrocities against minorities.
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