Chinmoy Krishna Das Prabhu not released from prison despite being granted bail

BD Digest Report

The court has granted bail to Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das in a case. On Thursday (April 16), Chittagong Judicial Magistrate Md. Shakhawat Hossain gave the order. However, there are six other cases against Chinmoy, including the murder case of lawyer Alif. As a result, Chinmoy Das has not been released from prison yet.

Former minister Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin filed the case on charges of land grabbing, intimidation and beating in the Mekhal area of ​​Hathazari, Chittagong. Chinmoy was arrested in this case on April 7.

Court bench assistant Mizanur Rahman said that Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was detained in jail, was shown arrested in this case. Later, when a bail application was filed on his behalf, the court granted it after the hearing.

According to the case documents, a total of six people, including Chinmoy Krishna Das, were accused in the case filed in 2023. The case was filed under the Penal Code and the PBI submitted a report after the investigation.

Incidentally, former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested from Dhaka on November 25, 2024, in a sedition case filed for insulting the national flag. He was produced before the Chittagong court the next day, November 26. On that day, his followers clashed with the police in the court area over his bail.

At one point, Chittagong Court lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death outside the court.

In that incident, his father Jamal Uddin filed a murder case with the Kotwali Police Station, naming 31 people. On July 1 last year, the investigation officer of the case, Assistant Commissioner (Kotwali) of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police, Mahfuzur Rahman, filed a charge sheet in the court, accusing a total of 39 people. Chinmoy Das was named the main accused. Later, on August 25, the court accepted the charge sheet against 39 accused including Chinmoy in the presence of the plaintiff.

In addition, five more cases were filed for attacks on police, obstruction of government work, attacks on lawyers and trial seekers, and cocktail explosions.