THE LAWYER of jailed Bangladesh monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, Rabindra Ghosh, on Thursday stated that he would battle for his shopper in a court docket within the neighbouring nation on January 2 and likewise alleged that efforts had been being made by some to “delay” the monk’s imprisonment.
“Conspiracy to maintain Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail yr after yr,” Ghosh alleged whereas talking to mediapersons outdoors ISKCON temple in Kolkata. He added, “I’ll return to Bangladesh and proceed my battle for all who’re going through atrocities.”
Ghosh, a working towards lawyer on the Supreme Courtroom of Bangladesh, can be chairman of Bangladesh Minority Watch. He stated he twice tried to look on the Chittagong metropolitan classes choose’s court docket to defend and file a bail software for Das, however couldn’t achieve this.
“The following listening to is on January 2, 2025. If I’m not sick, I’ll seem in court docket to defend him. If I’m unable to, I’ll organize for attorneys to defend him. We are going to proceed the battle,” stated Ghosh.
Ghosh, who’s at present residing in West Bengal’s Barrackpore for medical therapy, claims that the monk has been framed on “false costs”.
He visited the ISKCON temple and Kolkata workplace and met with Radharamn Das, vice chairman of ISKCON Kolkata.
Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport whereas en path to Chattogram for a rally.
Denied bail, Das has been despatched to jail until January 2 by a court docket in Bangladesh.
“There may be worldwide outrage on the difficulty. Chinmoy Krishna Das did good for individuals. Why would he be in jail? Why would a sedition case be filed in opposition to him? He’s being harassed and the attorneys who’re making an attempt to defend him are being harassed. There’s a conspiracy to maintain him in jail. If there isn’t a listening to in court docket, he might be in jail. There’s a fidelity to maintain judicial interference at bay. I’m a lawyer and I’ve no political affiliations. Everyone seems to be equal earlier than the regulation,” added Ghosh.
“There have been over 6,650 incidents of atrocities in opposition to minorities (since interim authorities got here). I’ve been to a number of international international locations. There are worldwide legal guidelines. However what can we do if such legal guidelines are unheeded (in Bangladesh)” the lawyer stated.
“We, these attorneys who went to court docket to plead for him had been stopped by fellow attorneys. They’re additionally fellow attorneys however they tried to cease us. Now we have obtained threats,” he stated. “We are going to proceed to battle for democracy and human rights which is in peril in a Bangladesh,” Ghosh stated.
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