Voice 9, Dhaka Bureau: A case of sedition has been filed against 19 people, including the spokesperson of Bangladesh Sanatan Jagran Manch and the principal of Pundarik Dham, Chinmoy Krinch Das Brahmachari. Among them, two youths in the list of accused were arrested six hours before the case.
A person named Feroze Khan filed the case at Kotwali police
station in the city on Wednesday (October 30) midnight. However, the case was
registered on October 31. On the news of this case, there has been a storm of
anger and condemnation from the traditional community on social media.
In a video message, Chinmoy Krinch Das Brahmachari commented
that this case is an attempt by evil circles to destroy the image of the state.
He came on Facebook Live late Wednesday night and expressed his fear of arrest.
Besides, he called upon the Sanatani society to protect the coexistence of all,
establish democracy, advance the movement of the 8-point demands of the
Sanatani in the beloved motherland Bangladesh.
Hindu Jagran Manch Chittagong coordinator Ajay Dutt is
number two in the list of accused in the case. ISKCON promoter Leela Raj
Brakshachari is at number three.
Besides, the other defendants in the case are Gopal Das
Tipu, Dr. Kathak Das, Engineer Amit Dhar, Roni Das, Rajeev Das, Krinch Kumar
Dutt, Jiku Chowdhury, Newton De Bobby, Tushar Chakraborty Rajeev, Mithun Dey,
Rupon Dhar, Rimon Dutt, Sukant Das, Biswajit Gupta, Rajesh Chowdhury and Hriday
Das. Besides, another 15 to 20 people are shown as unknown accused.
Meanwhile, at least 6 hours before the filing of the
sedition case, two youths named Rajesh Chowdhury and Hriday Dash, who are among
the accused in the case, were brought to the police station.
Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of Chittagong
Metropolitan Police Media and Public Relations Department Kazi Md confirmed
that these two were arrested from Sadarghat area of the city on Wednesday
evening. Tarek Aziz
According to the details of the case, on October 25 at 3 pm,
the Sanatani community held a mass meeting at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong,
Sanatani Jagran Manch, to realize their 8-point demands. On this day at 4:10
PM, 15/20 unknown persons including accused Nos. 1 to 9 fueled by accused No. 1
to 9, in a well-planned manner in and around Newmarket Zero Point pillar,
