Ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was shown arrested by a Chattogram court today in four more cases filed with Kotwali Police Station over clashes, vandalism and attacks on cops on the court building premises on November 26 last year.

Chattogram Metropolitan magistrate SM Alauddin Mahmud passed the order after the investigation officers of the cases filed applications with the court to show him arrest in the cases.

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

Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) of Metro Session Court Advocate Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury also confirmed the matter to the Daily Star.

With the four, Chinmoy has so far been arrested in five cases, including the one filed over the murder of Advocate Saiful Islam Alif.

Talking to media, Advocate Raihanul said today, "Police filed three cases and Alif's brother filed another case over vandalism on the court building premises, attacking police and general people, crude bomb explosions, and preventing police from discharging their duties during the clashes on November 26."

The investigating officers of the respective cases submitted petitions to show Chinmoy arrested, he said

Saiful was killed on November 26 during the clash between police, lawyers, and Chinmoy's followers near the Chattogram Court Building, after the court sent Chinmoy, who was arrested a day earlier near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, to jail, rejecting his bail plea in the sedition case filed on October 31.

According to police, Chinmoy's supporters blocked the prison van carrying him, prompting police to charge with batons, which triggered the clash. During the violence, Saiful was beaten and hacked to death.

The sedition case was filed by Firoz Khan, former general secretary of Chattogram's Mohora ward BNP, accusing Chinmoy and 18 others.

In connection with the killing, police filed three separate cases for attacking police, vandalism, and obstructing law enforcement, naming 79 individuals and accusing about 1,400 unidentified others.

Alif's father later filed a murder case against 31 individuals, while his brother, Khan-e-Alam, filed another case with Kotwali Police Station, naming 115 accused, including 70 lawyers, over vandalism.

Another person, Mohammad Ullah Chowdhury, filed a case accusing 69 individuals of attacking him during the clashes.

So far, police have arrested 40 individuals in connection with the cases. Of them, 11 people -- mostly cleaners -- were held for their alleged involvement in Alif's murder, based on CCTV footage analysis.