India, Jan. 20 -- A court in Bangladesh on Monday indicted Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das and 38 others in connection with the death of a lawyer in southeastern port city of Chattogram in November 2024. Das, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on November 25, 2024 for alleged sedition. Das, a former ISKCON leader, was denied bail and jailed by a Chattogram court.

His arrest sparked protests, with his followers demonstrating in Dhaka and other places the next day. The protest turned violent in Chattogram, where the lawyer was killed on November 26.On Monday, "the court framed charges against Chinmoy under Sections 302 and 109 of the Penal Code a...