On Thursday, a Chattogram court in Bangladesh on Thursday denied bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former ISKCON monk, during a hearing held under tight security.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam announced the decision following a 30-minute hearing where arguments were presented by both sides. A group of 11 Supreme Court lawyers arrived at the court to represent Chinmoy. However, despite their efforts, the court ruled against granting bail to the former ISKCON leader.
The lawyer Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee earlier said, “We have come to Chattogram under the banner of Ainjibi Oikya Parishad, and we will move for Chinmoy in the court for his bail. I already got the Vakalatnama from Chinmoy. I am a member of both the Supreme Court and Chattogram Bar Associations, so I don’t need authorisation from any local lawyer to move the case.”
Iskcon Vice President Radharaman Das said that the rejection of Chinmoy’s bail was unfortunate and the organisation will see why the judge refused the plea.
The vice president Radharaman Das stated, “We all were very hopeful that today he will get bail. He’s a, you know, you know, he’s a Brahmachari. He’s a monk. And he was there, he was inside jail for last 42 years, 42 days. And we also heard that his health is not good. So we are very hopeful that the judge will grant him bail.”
He further added, “But if his bail has been rejected, then this is very unfortunate. Whole world was looking towards this hearing and, and we are waiting. We’ll see why the judge refused his bail.”
