DHAKA: Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the Hindu monk arrested and charged with sedition in Bangladesh, will have to wait until Jan 2 for a bail hearing as a Chattogram court accepted on Tuesday the prosecution's request for a lengthy adjournment on the ground that he did not have a defence lawyer yet.

The bail hearing for Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, scheduled for Tuesday (3 December) at a court in Chattogram, Bangladesh, has been postponed until 2 January due to the absence of a lawyer to represent him. The delay comes amid growing concerns for the safety of his legal team.

The arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh has led to protests in India and added to the strained ties between New Delhi and Dhaka. Here’s all you need to know.

Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the Hindu monk arrested and charged with sedition in Bangladesh, will have to wait until January 2 for his bail hearing after a Chattogram court accepted the prosecution's request for a lengthy adjournment.

In a tweet on Monday night, Radharamn Das, Vice President and spokesperson of Iskcon India, said, "Please pray for Advocate Ramen Roy. His only 'fault' was defending Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in court."

Chinmoy Krishna Das, the leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Bangladesh, also popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement, was detained on sedition charge on Tuesday after the magistrate court of Kazi Shariful Islam denied him bail.

A Bangladesh court on Tuesday deferred to next month a hearing on the bail petition of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, arrested on a sedition charge, as no lawyer appeared on his behalf