Another plea to advance bail hearing of Hindu monk

PTI Dhaka: The lawyer of Chinmoy Krishna Das on Thursday filed a fresh plea in a Bangladesh court seeking to expedite the hearing of the arrested Hindu monk's bail petition in a sedition case, according to media reports. This comes a day after the court rejected similar petitions by the lawyer, asserting that he did not have the power of attorney from the monk. Lawyer Rabindra Ghosh once again submitted an application to Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam to hear a bail application, the bdnews24.com news portal reported.

“I came yesterday too. Unfortunately, a hearing was not held yesterday. Today (the judge) accepted (the petition). He will hear me out,” the lawyer was quoted as saying by the news portal. Responding to a question about why Das' lawyers were not coming to court, he said, "I have spoken to them. The cases have been filed against them…they are not coming out of fear." Meanwhile, Chattogram District Bar Association President Nazim underscored that Ghosh will face the case "legally". "Today, he presented an application. His letter of attorney was from the Supreme Court bar.

The court said, ‘If any lawyer gives me a letter of attorney this time, I will hold a hearing.' That is the situation for now,” he said. On Wednesday, three petitions filed by him were rejected at the same court.