A Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist is set to file another application for the bail of detained priest Chinmoy Krishna Das later today at a court in Chittagong.
On Wednesday, Advocate Rabindra Ghosh, a senior lawyer at Bangladesh’s Supreme Court and human rights campaigner, petitioned a Chittagong court to reschedule the bail hearing for the spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das.
The court rejected the petition, citing that Chinmoy Krishna Das had not granted power of attorney to lawyer Ghosh, who filed the plea.
“After rejecting my plea, I went to the jail and collected the power from Chinmoy to move his case. The jail superintendent has confirmed the copy of the power. I will apply to the court again on Thursday,” Ghosh told a section of media.
Ghosh travelled to Chittagong from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and on Wednesday he petitioned the court on behalf of Chinmoy Krishna Das.
“I moved an application to Chittagong court to fix an early date for bail hearing of Chinmoy Krishna Das but at that time about 30 lawyers entered the courtroom without the permission of the court and tried to assault me,” Ghosh said on Wednesday.
“They taunt me as ISKCON agent, Chinmoy’s agent. They wanted to know why I came here. They say a lawyer was killed. They call me a murderer. I came as an advocate. How am I a murderer !” he added.
“The judge scolded them. They could not attack me because the police were there,” Ghosh said.
Ghosh contended that because Chinmoy was the subject of a murder case, his lawyer was unable to attend the hearing. The court denied Ghosh’s application on his behalf.
On November 25, authorities detained Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former ISKCON priest, at Dhaka Airport on grounds of sedition. On November 26, a judge in Chittagong, a port city in Bangladesh, denied his bail plea and ordered his imprisonment.
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