A Bangladeshi court docket on Thursday denied an extra bond utility by an incarcerated Hindu monk that led demonstrations for significantly better safety for Hindus within the Muslim-bulk nation.
Krishna Das Prabhu was apprehended after main large rallies within the southeastern metropolis of Chattogram.
He was detained in November for apparently disparaging the Bangladeshi flag all through a rally, and at present offers with rebellion charges.
Another bond enchantment refuted
The court docket denied a earlier bond demand made when Prabhu actually didn’t have lawful depiction.
After probably the most present rejections, Prabhu’s lawyer Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee claimed they will surely enchantment the selection.
Meanwhile, public district lawyer claimed his office thought the monk can “misuse his bail” if launched from safekeeping.
“We argued in the court that if he gets bail it could create anarchy as we saw in the past that he triggered violence on the court premises by calling thousands of his supporters to protest,” Public Prosecutor Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan knowledgeable the AP info firm by telephone.
Prabhu actually didn’t present up on the court docket. Violence burst out after a earlier bond listening to, together with his followers charged of eliminating a public district lawyer all through the conflict.
India-Bangladesh connections curdle
Religious stress in Muslim-bulk Bangladesh have really been excessive on condition that student-led demonstrations ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
New Delhi’s Hindu nationalist federal authorities was a robust ally of Hasina, and the seasoned chief has really been concealing in India on condition that leaving Bangladesh.
Her separation has really left an influence vacuum cleaner that the brand-new short-term federal authorities is having a tough time to refill. Hindu groups affirm there have really been numerous assaults versus Hindus after Hasina’s federal authorities was toppled.
Bangladesh’s performing federal authorities led by Muhammad Yunus has really minimized these circumstances, calling information of the assaults overemphasized.
ess/dj (AP, AFP)
