The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed a High Court order granting bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case.

Due to security concerns, the hearing was held virtually around 10:00am

Ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was shown arrested yesterday in a case filed over the murder of Saiful Islam Alif, a lawyer who was hacked to death outside the Chattogram Court Building on November 26 last year.

Former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari yesterday got bail from the High Court after 156 days in jail in a sedition case filed in connection with disrespecting the Bangladesh national flag.

The chamber judge may hold a hearing on the state's stay petition on Sunday

The High Court yesterday did not grant bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former ISKCON leader, in a sedition case lodged over disrespecting the national flag.

For both Bangladesh and India, the stakes are too high to let flag-related controversies derail progress.

A statement of the Indian foreign ministry highlighted concerns about the rising violence against minorities

He stressed that law enforcement agencies act in national security interest, without communal bias

The protesters vandalised several motorbikes on Chattogram court premises

He was produced before the court around 10:30am today amid tight security