Published: 12:24 AM, 11 May 2026
Chinmoy Krishna's bail petition declined
The High Court has rejected the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in the widely discussed murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram. In addition, the court kept his bail petitions in four other separate cases pending for orders to be delivered tomorrow.
On Sunday (10 May 2026), the High Court bench comprising Justice K.M. Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher rejected his bail plea. Advocate Md. Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury, a lawyer involved in the Alif murder case, confirmed the matter to reporters. Representing the state during the hearing were Deputy Attorney General Syeda Shazia Sharmin, Assistant Attorney General Md. Humayun Kabir, Al-Amin, Khorshed Alam Selim, Mohammad Nazmul Hasan, and Md. Mokhlesur Rahman.
On the other hand, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was represented by Advocate Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya along with several other lawyers. Chinmoy Krishna, who had been expelled from ISKCON,
was arrested in Dhaka on November 25, 2024, in a sedition case filed over allegations of insulting the national flag. The following day, November 26, he was produced before a Chattogram court.
Advocate Md. Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury again confirmed to journalists that on the day of the bail hearing, Chinmoy Das's followers clashed with police in the court premises over his bail issue. At one stage, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death outside the Chattogram court.
Following the incident, Alif's father, Jamal Uddin, filed a murder case with Kotwali Police Station, naming 31 individuals as accused. On July 1 of last year, the investigation officer, Assistant Commissioner (Kotwali) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Mahfuzur Rahman, submitted a charge sheet against a total of 39 accused persons to the court. Chinmoy Das was made the principal accused in the case. Later, on August 25, the court accepted the charge sheet against Chinmoy and the other 39 accused in the presence of the complainant.
Following a petition from the complainant, the Alif murder case was transferred on January 7 to the Chattogram Speedy Trial Tribunal for trial. The case is currently under trial.
However, there are six more cases against Chinmoy, including the Alif murder case. Among them is another case filed against Chinmoy Krishna Das in Mekhal area of Hathazari, Chattogram, on allegations of land grabbing, intimidation, and assault. The complainant in that case is former minister Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, father of Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin, the current adviser to the Ministry of Land and the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.
