Delhi, December 3, 2024 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau)- Hindu monk and former ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, arrested in Bangladesh, failed to get any relief on Tuesday as his bail hearing in a court was postponed due to the unavailability of any lawyer to represent him, reports said.
Chinmoy Krishna Das’s next bail hearing has been scheduled for January 2, 2025, according to an IANS report.
Das, who served as a spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last Monday in connection with a sedition case.
Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, known as Sri Chinmay Krishna Prabhu within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) community, is an influential religious leader in Bangladesh. He previously also held the position of divisional organising secretary for ISKCON in Chattogram.
Advocate attacked
In another development in the matter, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das yesterday claimed that Advocate Ramen Roy, who had defended Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in a legal case in Bangladesh, was brutally attacked in the neighbouring country and is fighting for his life in a hospital.
According to Das, Roy’s only “fault” was defending Prabhu in court, and a group of Islamists ransacked his home.
The attack left Roy critically injured, and he is currently in the ICU, fighting for his life, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson claimed.
Summary: In Bangladesh, the bail hearing for Hindu monk Chinmoy Das is delayed as he has no lawyer, and he is denied relief.
