Rabindra Ghosh, the septuagenarian lawyer from Bangladesh, on Monday reaffirmed his resolve to fight for the release of religious leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, who was arrested on November 25 by the Muhammad Yunus-led caretaker government on charges of sedition.

Ghosh, chairman of Bangladesh Minority Watch and a practising lawyer at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, twice tried to appear at the Chittagong metropolitan sessions judge’s court to file a bail application for Das but could not.

Ghosh, who was allegedly heckled by lawyers in the court and assaulted by goons outside, said the attacks had emboldened his resolve to provide legal support to Das.

“They tried to kill me. But as a freedom fighter of the country’s liberation war (Mukti Yoddha), I am undeterred. I will continue my fight, even if it costs me my life,” Ghosh said.

While visiting relatives in Calcutta and Barrackpore on Monday, Ghosh told reporters that Bangladesh was plagued by lawlessness with fundamentalist groups exerting undue influence on the interim caretaker government.

“I have not fled Bangladesh, nor am I afraid of death. I will return to my country and continue fighting for justice for Chinmoy Prabhu,” Ghosh said.

Ghosh said the religious leader's popularity and advocacy for the rights of Hindus had made him a target.

“He (Das) has been falsely implicated,” Ghosh said and added that his mission was to secure his release.

Das, along with 18 others, was arrested by Dhaka’s detective branch police.

Ghosh consulted a doctor at AIIMS Kalyani as a follow-up to a previous bone injury he had sustained in an accident. A relative of Ghosh said the lawyer’s visit was a routine post-surgery check-up.