Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatani Jagran Jote and a former ISKCON leader, was arrested at Dhaka airport on November 25 last year.
Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case, according to Bangladesh-based The Daily Star. Chinmay Krishna Prabhu, who was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on November 25, was released from jail after almost 6 months.
The Court, however, denied the bail plea in January despite Das’s defence team arguing that he held deep respect for the motherland, comparable to the reverence for his mother, and was not a traitor.
In February, the Bangladesh High Court had asked the Bangladeshi government to explain why Das should not be granted bail, as confirmed by his lawyer.
“Bangladesh High Court has asked the government to respond to the ruling within two weeks,” said Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee, Das’s lawyer, in a statement to news agency ANI.
According to the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, the case names the Hindu leader as the prime accused along with 164 identified individuals and 400 to 500 unidentified people. He is already in jail on a charge of sedition.
The complaint was filed by Enamul Haque, a Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh member. Notably, Hefazat-e-Islalm is a fundamentalist group formed in 2010 which is against progressive laws and bats for Islamic law imposition in Bangladesh. His complaint was filed in the court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Md Abu Bakar Siddique.
(With inputs from ANI)
