Verdict in murder of retired Major Sinha on January 31
The ex-army officer was killed at a checkpoint on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive in July 2020
File photo of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan Collected
Abdul Aziz, Cox’s Bazar
Publish : 12 Jan 2022, 01:23 PMUpdate : 12 Jan 2022, 01:40 PM
A Cox’s Bazar court has fixed January 31 for delivering the verdict in the murder of retired Bangladesh Army Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.
Following a four-day hearing of arguments by the prosecution and defence, the district and sessions judge’s court concluded the trial on Wednesday and scheduled the verdict, Prosecutor Faridul Alam told the media.
Fifteen people, including 12 former policemen, have been tried over the over the killing in July 2020.
They include former sub-inspectors Liakat Ali and Nanda Dulal Raxit, former Teknaf Police Station OC Pradip Kumar Das, former constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun, Rubel Sharma and Mohammad Mostafa, former ASI Sagar Deb, Armed Police Battalion’s SI Mohammad Shahjahan and constables Mohammad Rajib and Mohammad Abdullah.
The three other accused -- Nurul Amin, Nezam Uddin ad Mohammad Ayaz -- were initially named as witnesses in a case started by the police over the incident.
On the night of July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead by Liakat at a checkpoint on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive.
The 36-year-old former army officer, who served at the Special Security Force tasked with guarding the president and prime minister, had gone into early retirement to pursue his interests.
He had been staying at a resort in Cox’s Bazar’s Himchhari with three others for around a month to film a travel documentary.
After his death, the police said they fired in self-defence when Sinha brandished a pistol at law enforcers after obstructing a search of his vehicle at the checkpoint at Shamlapur along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive.
The police then arrested Sinha’s co-workers Shahedul Islam Sefat and Shipra Debnath. They were accused in two cases started by the police over Sinha’s death and alleged recovery of drugs.
The home ministry formed a high-level inquiry after questions were raised about the details of the incident provided by the police while allegations of ‘extrajudicial killings’ against the police also resurfaced.
Sinha’s sister Sharmin Shahria Ferdous subsequently started a case against nine policemen on August 5.
Later, seven policemen, including Liakat and Pradip, surrendered to the court in connection with the case filed by Sinha's sister. They were also suspended from their jobs.
Verdict in murder of retired Major Sinha on January 31
The ex-army officer was killed at a checkpoint on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive in July 2020
A Cox’s Bazar court has fixed January 31 for delivering the verdict in the murder of retired Bangladesh Army Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.
Following a four-day hearing of arguments by the prosecution and defence, the district and sessions judge’s court concluded the trial on Wednesday and scheduled the verdict, Prosecutor Faridul Alam told the media.
Fifteen people, including 12 former policemen, have been tried over the over the killing in July 2020.
They include former sub-inspectors Liakat Ali and Nanda Dulal Raxit, former Teknaf Police Station OC Pradip Kumar Das, former constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun, Rubel Sharma and Mohammad Mostafa, former ASI Sagar Deb, Armed Police Battalion’s SI Mohammad Shahjahan and constables Mohammad Rajib and Mohammad Abdullah.
The three other accused -- Nurul Amin, Nezam Uddin ad Mohammad Ayaz -- were initially named as witnesses in a case started by the police over the incident.
On the night of July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead by Liakat at a checkpoint on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive.
The 36-year-old former army officer, who served at the Special Security Force tasked with guarding the president and prime minister, had gone into early retirement to pursue his interests.
He had been staying at a resort in Cox’s Bazar’s Himchhari with three others for around a month to film a travel documentary.
After his death, the police said they fired in self-defence when Sinha brandished a pistol at law enforcers after obstructing a search of his vehicle at the checkpoint at Shamlapur along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive.
The police then arrested Sinha’s co-workers Shahedul Islam Sefat and Shipra Debnath. They were accused in two cases started by the police over Sinha’s death and alleged recovery of drugs.
The home ministry formed a high-level inquiry after questions were raised about the details of the incident provided by the police while allegations of ‘extrajudicial killings’ against the police also resurfaced.
Sinha’s sister Sharmin Shahria Ferdous subsequently started a case against nine policemen on August 5.
Later, seven policemen, including Liakat and Pradip, surrendered to the court in connection with the case filed by Sinha's sister. They were also suspended from their jobs.