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Published : 06 May 2025, 12:01 PM
A court has ordered Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesman for the Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote, to be shown arrested in four more cases in Chattogram.
Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin Mahmud issued the order on Tuesday after a hearing.
Chattogram Metropolitan Court Assistant Public Prosecutor Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury told bdnews24.com, “The investigation officers petitioned to show Chinmoy arrested in three cases filed by police over the incident on Nov 26, and another case filed by lawyer Alif’s brother.”
"The court granted the plea to show him arrested after the hearing.”
Chinmoy was presented to the court virtually for Tuesday’s hearing, considering the “suspect’s security and overall situation,” said Assistant PP Raihanul.
Three of the four cases Chinmoy was shown arrested in on Tuesday were filed by police while the other one was filed by the deceased lawyer Alif’s brother Khane Alam.
On Monday, the court ordered Chinmoy Krishna to be shown arrested in the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram following a petition from the investigation officer.
Chinmoy was arrested on Nov 25 from Dhaka in a sedition case over disrespecting the Bangladeshi flag. On Nov 26, Chattogram's 6th Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam rejected Chinmoy's bail application in the sedition case and sent him to jail.
The decision angered members of the Hindu community, who staged a protest around the prison van outside the court.
The protest lasted for around two and a half hours before police used stun grenades to disperse the crowd before taking Chinmoy into custody.
During the protest, several motorcycles and vehicles parked on the court road were damaged. A scuffle also broke out between lawyers and protesters. In the ensuing chaos, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was killed on the Rangam Convention Hall road.
Alif’s father Jamal Uddin filed a murder case on Nov 29 with the Chattogram Kotwali Police Station over his death, naming 31 suspects and 15-16 unidentified suspects.
Khane Alam, Alif’s brother, filed another case naming 116 people alleging an attack on lawyers, explosions and vandalism.
Police filed three other cases over the clashes, vandalism, and the obstruction of police work on the court premises. As many as 76 suspects and 1,400 unidentified people were named in those three cases.
Then, on Dec 3, an individual named Mohammad Ullah filed a case naming 29 people, including a ward councillor and Awami League leaders, over the violence in the court premises.
As of now, police have arrested 21 people in the Alif murder case. Among the arrestees, Chandan Das, Rajib Bhattacharya, and Ripon Das have given confessional statements, police said.
