Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has strongly condemned Supreme Court lawyer Chaitali Chakraborty for allegedly making separatist and inflammatory remarks calling for a separate province for Hindus. In a joint statement issued to the media on Sunday, the group’s Amir Allama Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari and Secretary General Allama Shaikh Sajidur Rahman demanded her immediate arrest and exemplary punishment under the law. They also urged the Bangladesh Bar Council to permanently revoke her legal license.

The statement accused Chakraborty’s comments of being an act of treason and a threat to the country’s sovereignty. Hefazat leaders claimed that such remarks were part of a deeper international conspiracy to destabilize Bangladesh and undermine its communal harmony. They also criticized the construction of what was described as “Asia’s largest Ram statue” in Palashbari, Gaibandha, alleging it was provoking local unrest.

Hefazat called on the government’s intelligence agencies to identify those behind the alleged plot and urged local authorities to take firm legal action to prevent any further communal tension in the area.