Calcutta, Aug. 4 :     A diary found in the cell of Sureshwar Das, the Iskcon monk who committed suicide in Presidency jail on Thursday, is leading the police on a murky trail from Albert Road to Mayapur. On Friday, the police started a case against the eight monks whose names were mentioned in Das' diary. All eight are members of the governing body commission, and have been accused by the deceased monk of 'hatching a conspiracy' against him and his friends in the order. Deputy commissioner of police, detective department, Narayan Ghosh said the Hastings police have registered a case of 'abetment to commit suicide' and conspiracy against the senior monks who were held responsible by the monk in the suicide note. 'The case was registered on the basis of a complaint by the jail authority,' Ghosh added. While seven of the monks are from Mayapur, one is based in the city office of Iskcon. The power struggle between the Mayapur and Calcutta branches of the order had divided the monks. Das, 54, was jailed after being charged with the rape of a 38-year-old woman at the Gurusaday Road office of Iskcon in July. The woman, a widow, was allegedly raped by Das when she went to the Iskcon office to collect her husband's pension. 'Das is a victim of a conspiracy by the governing body commission members,' alleged Iskcon vice-president Swattik Das. He also said they will move the Supreme Court seeking justice and demanding that the truth regarding the conspiracy and the rape case be revealed. According to the diary, Das, along with his followers belonging to the Iskcon Revival Movement in the city office, had filed a case challenging the leadership of Mayapur. 'They said in the suit that some gurus of the Mayapur branch were indulging in illegal activities,' the police disclosed. Iskcon officials said they will also file a petition before the state human rights commission 'seeking justice'. State minister for jail, Biswanath Chowdhury, said his department has also ordered a probe into the incident to unravel the mystery of the monk's death. 'We are waiting for the post-mortem report and will then inform the human rights commission about the case,' he added. Rajarhat status A division bench of Calcutta High Court has directed the government to submit a report regarding the environmental status of the Rajarhat township, says our legal reporter. Responding to a PIL filed by environmentalist Subhas Dutta, the bench, presided by Chief Justice A.K. Mathur and Justice Barin Ghosh, asked the government housing department to inform the court whether the environment department had cleared the township project. Lawyers' strike off: Normal functioning of Calcutta High Court is likely to resume from Monday after agitating lawyers, in a meeting on Friday, decided to attend court. About 6,000 advocates had started ceasework from July 31, protesting against the inaction of the authorities in filling up of vacancies in judges' posts. At the meeting, the Bar Association condemned the Chief Justice for not attaching importance to the lawyers' grievances.