Court permits to interrogate Chinmoy at jail gate for one day in vandalism case
The court instructed that the interrogation take place for one day and a report on the questioning be submitted by 4 June
A Chattogram court has granted permission to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote, at the jail gate for one day in connection with a case involving an attack on police and vandalism of vehicles.
The order was issued today (27 May) by Chattogram's 6th Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin following a hearing on a petition filed by the investigating officer.
The development was confirmed by the Assistant Public Prosecutor of the Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Court, Advocate Md Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury.
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He stated that the case stems from an incident last year when violence broke out in the court premises, resulting in an attack on law enforcement personnel and damage to police vehicles.
The court instructed that the interrogation take place for one day and a report on the questioning be submitted by 4 June.
This is not the first time the court has allowed jail gate interrogation for Chinmoy Krishna Das. Just yesterday, he was granted a one-day jail gate interrogation in another case related to similar charges of attacking police and vandalism.
Earlier, on 18 May, the court granted permission to interrogate him for two days in jail custody in connection with the murder of lawyer Alif and a sedition case.
Chinmoy Krishna Das first came into the spotlight on 25 October last year when he led a large rally of the Sanatani community in Chattogram.
Days later, on 31 October, he was accused of desecrating the national flag, leading to a sedition case that named 18 other individuals as co-accused.
Another major rally led by him took place in Rangpur on 22 November, following which he was arrested in Dhaka on 25 November in connection with the sedition case.
He was denied bail and sent to jail by the Chattogram court the next day.
His lawyers later appealed for bail, but the situation escalated when his followers clashed with police near the court premises. During the clash, unidentified assailants brutally attacked and killed lawyer Saiful Islam Alif.
Following Alif's murder, his father filed a case naming 31 individuals. Additionally, five more cases were lodged over incidents involving attacks on police, obstruction of duty, vandalism, assaults on lawyers and litigants, and the detonation of crude bombs.
Although the High Court granted bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das in one of these cases on 30 April, the Appellate Division put a stay on the bail order following a petition from the state, effectively preventing his release.
