Bangladeshi authorities have intensified security measures in Chittagong after the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif during protests linked to the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. Das, associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),

Several social media posts and reports by Indian news outlets claim that the lawyer defending former ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was hacked to death in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh stepped up security in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday as police arrested six people in connection with the murder of a lawyer, who was killed during clashes following the arrest of a leader of the country's Hindu minority.

Lawyers in southeastern Bangladesh are boycotting courts to protest the killing of a colleague in a daylong violence over the arrest of a prominent minority Hindu leader.

In a notable development, Bangladeshi police have arrested at least nine individuals linked to the murder of a lawyer during recent unrest in Chattogram, a southeastern port city. Authorities revealed that the suspects are among 46 individuals named in the case, predominantly sanitation workers from the Hindu minority community.