The bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu priest accused of sedition in Bangladesh, has been postponed to January 2, 2025, due to the absence of lawyers. ISKCON said that his previous lawyer was attacked and was in the ICU in serious condition.

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday deferred to January 2 hearing on the bail petition of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachary on a government plea as no lawyer appeared on his behalf. Das, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote,

Amid escalating violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh, a shocking incident occurred on Tuesday when Hindu advocate Reagan Acharya, who is representing Chinmay Krishna Das in a high-profile sedition case,

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is currently overseeing Bangladesh's interim government, but under his leadership, attacks on the country’s minority Hindu community have been rising. However,

Reports indicate that the delay occurred due to the unavailability of legal representation. As per news reports, Bangladesh lawyers have refused to represent Das.

A lawyer representing Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk arrested and accused of sedition in Bangladesh, has been brutally attacked, according to the ISKCON. However, several lawyers in Bangladesh have denied any such incident took place.

ISKCON Kolkata on Tuesday claimed that Regan Acharya, one of the lawyers who represented Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das the day he was arrested, was “brutally attacked” after the hearing. Radharamn Das,

ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das alleged on Monday that Advocate Ramen Roy, who had defended Bangladesh's Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in a legal case, was brutally attacked in the neighbouring country.

After the formation of the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus, minorities in Bangladesh, especially Hindus, have come under severe attack by Islamist extremists in the country.