Hindu saint Chinmay Krishna Das did not get a lawyer, the hearing will be held after a month, read the full news

Hindu saint Chinmay Krishna Das on Tuesday failed to get any relief from a Bangladesh court as no lawyer was available to represent him as the hearing on his bail plea was adjourned for a month. This information is obtained from media reports. BDnews24.com quoted Chittagong Metropolitan Police ADC (Prosecution) Mofizur Rahman as saying that after the preliminary hearing on the bail petition on Tuesday, the judge fixed January 2 for the next hearing. Now it will be known only after a month whether Das will get bail in the sedition case filed against him or not.

No lawyer appeared on behalf of Chinmay
The report said that the bail plea of ​​Chinmay Krishna Das was to be heard in the court of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Muhammad Saiful Islam on Tuesday but no lawyer appeared on behalf of Chinmay. In view of the hearing on the bail petition, tight security arrangements were made in the Chittagong court complex and security officers of various forces were deployed in large numbers. Das was not brought to court for appearance.

Chinmay was arrested at the Dhaka airport
Chinmay, a spokesman for the Bangladesh-based Sanatani Jagran Jot, was arrested on November 25 at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on charges of sedition. On November 26, a Chittagong court denied bail and sent him to jail, following protests by his supporters. A lawyer was killed in Bangladesh’s southeastern port city of Chittagong in violence that erupted after his arrest. After Chinmay was denied bail, his lawyers filed a revision petition seeking an immediate retrial but no hearing was held that day.

Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
Relations between India and Bangladesh have remained strained since the resignation of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August this year and the coming to power of the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus. India has expressed concern over the attacks on minorities, especially Hindus, in Bangladesh. Violent attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh have recently increased.