Sinha Murder: Charges framed against 15
A Cox's Bazar court yesterday framed charges against 15 accused, including suspended police inspector Liaqat Ali and former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, in a case over the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.
The Court of Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge fixed July 26-28 for recording statements of the witnesses.
It also rejected bail petitions of six accused -- Liaqat, Pradeep, suspended police sub-inspector Nandadulal Rakshit, and suspended constables Sagar Deb, Kamal Hossain and Abdullah Al Mamun.
The other accused are Safanur Karim, Liton Mia, Md Abdullah, Md Shahjahan, Md Rajib, Rubel Sharma, Nurul Amin, Nezam Uddin and Ayaz Uddin.
The order was issued in the presence of all the accused, Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam told this newspaper.
Security was beefed up in the court area with the deployment of additional policemen and ansar members.
In December last year, the investigators submitted the charge sheet of the case against the 15, about five months after Sinha was killed in police firing at a check post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila on July 31.
Sinha's elder sister filed the murder case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court against Pradeep, Nandadulal and several others on August 5 last year.
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