Dhaka, May 18 -- Police have been given permission to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for the Sanatani Jagaran Jote, at the jail gate in two more cases.

Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin issued the order on Sunday in response to petitions submitted by the investigating officers.

Assistant Public Prosecutor Md Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury said that investigators in the sedition case and the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif had sought permission to question Chinmoy at the jail gate.

"After the hearing, the court granted them one day to conduct the interrogation in both cases at the jail gate," he said.

Earlier, on May 6, the court had ordered Chinmoy's arrest in three cases filed by police over an in...