Liaqat Ali, Pradeep among 15 indicted in Major (retd) Sinha murder case

A Cox's Bazar court has framed charges against 15 accused, including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and suspended inspector Liaqat Ali, in a case filed over Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder.

Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judges Court Judge Md Ismail passed the order on Sunday.

The court set July 26 to July 28 for recording statements of the witnesses.

The court also rejected bail petitions of six accused -- Pradeep Kumar Das, Liaqat Ali, suspended sub-inspector Nandadulal Rakshit, 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.

On December 13 of last year, investigators submitted the charge sheet of the case accusing the 15 accused.

Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan died in police firing at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila on July 31.

Later, Sinha's elder sister filed a murder case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court in connection with the murder on August 5.

OC Pradeep, SI Nandadulal and several others were made accused in the case.