DHAKA: Bangladesh High Court on Sunday rejected a bail petition of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das as he is being tried by a lower court in connection with a lawyer's killing in 2024 during clashes in Chittagong after he was denied bail in a sedition case.
Das's lawyer Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya told reporters that two-judge bench of Justices KM Zahid Sarwar and Sheikh Abu Taher, however, set Monday for hearing bail petitions on four other cases against the monk. "HC rejected our bail petition as recording of witnesses testimony is underway in the trial (lower) court in Chittagong," Bhattacharya said.
