Rabindra Ghosh was scheduled to give legal assistance to Chinmoy Krishna at Chittagang court in Bangladesh on 2 January. Chinmoy Krishna, a spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested in December, 2024 at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while travelling to Chittagong to attend a rally. He was denied bail and sent to jail till 2 January by the court in Bangladesh.
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