Chattogram court orders Chinmoy Krishna’s arrest in lawyer murder case

way2barak May 6: In more trouble for Hindu Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Bangladesh court on Monday ordered his arrest in a murder case involving the killing of a lawyer outside a court in Chattogram last November.

Das is already in jail after he was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on November 25 last year in a sedition case over alleged defamation of the Bangladeshi flag.

The Hindu leader’s arrest had sparked widespread protests, with his followers demonstrating in Dhaka and other parts of the country.

In Chattogram, the protest had turned violent when assistant government prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death.

“Das was shown arrested in the murder case of Advocate Alif under a court order,” Chattogram Additional Deputy Commissioner Mafiz Uddin told reporters after the virtual hearing on Monday.

Metropolitan magistrate SM Alauddin issued the arrest order after accepting a police petition during the hearing, the court officials said.