Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) today pressed charges against 15 people -- including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das -- in the Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.
Senior ASP of Rab Mohammad Khairul Islam, investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet before Judge Tamanna Farah of Cox's Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-4 through the court inspector at 10:10am.
After a brief hearing, the court accepted the charge sheet.
Later, the senior ASP talked to journalists.
The charge-sheeted accused included Baharchhara Investigation Centre's inspector Liaqat Ali, sub-inspector Nandadulal Rakshit and constables Safanur Karim, Abdullah Al Mamun and Mohammad Mostafa; Armed Police Battalion's sub-inspector Mohammad Shahjahan and constables Md Rajib and Mohammad Abdullah; Teknaf Police Station's constable Rubel Sharmaand Sagar Deb, and three villagers of Maroshbunia village -- Nurul Amin, Mohammad Ayaz and Nejamuddin.
Among the 15 accused, Pradeep is now in Chattogram district jail, 13 are in Cox's Bazar jail while constable Sagar Deb is absconding.
Sinha was killed at an APBn check-post on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway on July 31.
Local police said Inspector Liaqat's team had taken over the check-post from the three APBn officers before the incident happened.
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