Kolkata, Rabindra Ghosh, a outstanding Bangladeshi lawyer defending jailed Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, is presently in Barrackpore close to Kolkata for medical remedy, his son stated on Monday.
Jailed Bangla monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’s lawyer Rabindra Ghosh in Kolkata for remedy
Ghosh, accompanied by his spouse, arrived in India on Sunday night and is staying along with his son Rahul Ghosh, who has been residing in Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal for a number of years.
“My father arrived with my mother last evening and is currently living with us. He met with an accident three years ago, and for treatment, he frequently visits India,” Rahul Ghosh informed PTI.
Rahul expressed considerations about his father’s security and urged him to stay in India for a while.
“I have requested my father not to return to Bangladesh and to stay here with us for a while. But he is adamant and wants to go back as he is determined to fight the case of Chinmoy Das Prabhu. We are deeply worried about his safety,” he stated.
Rahul, who has been introduced up in India, stays in Barrackpore along with his spouse and youngsters.
Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested earlier this month at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport whereas travelling to Chattogram for a rally. He was denied bail and despatched to jail until January 2 by a courtroom in Bangladesh.
Ghosh, who has been actively defending the arrested monk, has acknowledged the dangers concerned in his work.
“Since I am defending Chinmoy Das Prabhu, I am aware that false cases could be filed against me, and there is also a threat to my life,” he had stated earlier.
The Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh, the nation’s largest minority group, is going through elevated vulnerability amidst the continued political turmoil. The disaster escalated following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, which got here after an enormous pupil motion. The next unrest has left minority communities uncovered to violence and displacement.
Traditionally, Hindus accounted for about 22 % of Bangladesh’s inhabitants in the course of the 1971 Liberation Conflict. Nonetheless, many years of socio-political marginalisation, sporadic violence, and exodus have diminished their share to roughly 8 per cent of the overall inhabitants.
The latest political upheaval has solely exacerbated the challenges confronted by the minority neighborhood, inserting advocates like Ghosh in an more and more precarious place.