UNB, Chattogram: A Chattogram court on Thursday denied the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and a former ISKCON leader in five cases including a sedition case.
Chattogram Metropolitan and Session Judge Hasanul Islam passed the order, said assistant public prosecutor Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury.
Advocate Apurba Kumar Bhatcharya stood for Chinmoy.
Six cases were filed against him.
The other cases were filed for carrying out attacks on police, attacks on justice seekers, killing a lawyer and in connection with a bomb blast.
In October last year, a large gathering of the Sanatani community was held in Chattogram under the leadership of Chinmoy Krishna Das.
On October 31, a sedition case was filed against 19 people, including Chinmoy, on charge of belittling the national flag.
On November 22, another large rally was held in Rangpur under the leadership of Chinmoy who was arrested in Dhaka on November 25 in the sedition case.
A Chattogram court rejected Chinmoy's bail petition, ordered him to be sent to jail and the decision sparked clashes between his followers, law enforcers and lawyers on the court premises on November 26, last year.
At one stage of the clash, one lawyer, Saiful Islam Alif, was hacked to death outside the court premises on that day.
Several cases were filed against Chinmoy and others following the murder of the lawyer.
So far, 51 people have been arrested in six cases while 21 were arrested in a lawyer killing case.
