Major Sinha murder case verdict being read out

The verdict in Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case is being read out at a Cox's Bazar court in presence of 15 accused in the case.

The 15 accused were brought to the court from Cox's Bazar district jail at 2 pm on Monday.

District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Ismail started to read out the verdict when the accused  were produced before the court, said Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam.

Of the 15 accused, 12 gave confessional statements before court except ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das, Constable Sagar Dev and Rubel Sharma.

Other accused in the case are- Inspector of Baharchara Police outpost Liakat Ali, sub-inspectors Nandolal Rakkhit and Tutul, assistant sub-inspector Liton Mia; constables Shafanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah AL Mamun, , Md Rajib and Md Abdullah, ASI of APBN Md Shahjahan and Nurul Amin, Md Nizamuddin and Ayaz Uddin.

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in Cox’s Bazar town ahead of the delivery of judgment.

Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the court premises while a number of check-post were set up at different points.

The movement of pedestrians around the court is also being restricted.

On January 12, the Cox’s Bazar court fixed Monday for delivery of the judgment.

On July 31, 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.

On August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf model police station Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali.

On December 13, same year, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including  ex-OC Pradeep, police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case.

On June 27, 2021, a Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against them.