Dhaka, May 10 -- The High Court has rejected the bail application for Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari (Chandan Kumar Dhar), spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagran Jote, in the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram.

However, the court has fixed Monday for bail orders in the other four cases against him.

On Sunday, the bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher issued the order, dismissing an earlier rule on the matter.

The hearing on the rule issued regarding the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) leader Chinmoy in five separate cases, including on a charge of murder, concluded last Thursday. Lawyer Apurbo Kumar Bhattacharya represented Chinmoy that day. After the h...