A Bangladeshi court docket on Thursday denied an extra bond software 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 attraction refuted
The court docket denied a earlier bond demand made when Prabhu actually didn’t have lawful depiction.
After one of the vital present rejections, Prabhu’s legal professional Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee claimed they would definitely attraction the selection.
Meanwhile, public district legal professional 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 data firm by cellphone.
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 legal professional all through the conflict.
India-Bangladesh connections curdle
Religious stress in Muslim-bulk Bangladesh has truly been excessive provided 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 truly been concealing in India provided that leaving Bangladesh.
Her separation has truly 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 truly been numerous assaults versus Hindus after Hasina’s federal authorities was toppled.
Bangladesh’s appearing federal authorities led by Muhammad Yunus has truly minimized these instances, calling information of the assaults overemphasized.
ess/dj (AP, AFP)
