Ctg court transfers probe in case over violence during Chinmoy bail hearing from DB to PBI

A Chattogram court has ordered the transfer of the
investigation from the Detective Branch (DB) to the Police Bureau of
Investigation (PBI) of the case filed over the violence and vandalism, which
also led to the murder of a lawyer, following the rejection of bail for former
Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in November 2024.
Chattogram
Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique passed the order today (13 May).
The
case was filed by Jaane Alam, the brother of slain lawyer Saiful Islam Alif.
Earlier, the investigation was being conducted by DB
North Division Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Mostafa Kamal.
According
to court sources, the DB had long been investigating the case filed over the
violence, vandalism, and the killing of Alif during unrest on the Chattogram
court premises on 26 November 2024.
However,
due to the lack of visible progress in the investigation and dissatisfaction
over the probe, the plaintiff sought a change of investigating officer.
The
lawyer for the Alif murder case, Assistant Public Prosecutor of the Chattogram
Metropolitan Court Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury, told the media that, following a
hearing, the court accepted the petition and instructed the PBI to take over
the investigation in the interest of a fair and impartial probe.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, the outgoing
investigation officer, was present during the hearing.
Court
sources said he failed to provide a satisfactory explanation regarding the
progress of the investigation when questioned by the court.
The
investigating agency has so far failed to arrest any of the more than 100 named
accused and 400 to 500 unidentified suspects listed in the case.
The
court therefore decided to change the investigating agency due to the lack of
significant progress in the probe.
On
26 November 2024, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, who had been arrested in a
sedition case, was produced in court, where his bail petition in a sedition
case was rejected.
The
order triggered tension, vandalism, and violence on the court
premises. During the clashes, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death
in the afternoon.
















