Dhaka, June 3 -- Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesman for the Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote, has been denied bail in five separate cases, including one related to the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, in Chattogram.

Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique rejected all five bail petitions after a hearing on Tuesday, according to Assistant Public Prosecutor Md Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury.

In addition to the murder case, police filed three other cases against Chinmoy over the clashes, vandalism and the obstruction of police work on the court premises during the unrest on Nov 26 last year. A fifth case was filed by Alif's brother Khane Alam, reports bdnews24.com.

APP Raihanul said, "The hearing on the bail petition in the mur...