A court in Cox's Bazar district is set to deliver its verdict in a case filed over the murder of retired army officer Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan on Monday, according to BSS.
Retired Major Sinha was shot dead at a police check-post in Teknaf on the night of July 31, 2020.
Later, Sinha’s sister Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous filed a case against nine policemen including former OC of Teknaf police station Pradip Kumar Das and ex Sub-Inspector (SI) Liaqat Ali of Teknaf police Station with Cox's Bazar court on August 5, six days after the killing.
The court took cognisance of the case and assigned Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to investigate.
After the investigation, the charge-sheet was issued on December 13, 2020, indicting 15 people.
On June 27, 2021, the court ordered to start trial against 15 accused.
From August 23, 2021, to December 1, 2021, about 65 out of 83 witnesses testified in 8 phases while the accused testified in court on December 6 and 7.
Finally, the judicial proceedings came to an end when the lawyers of both the parties presented arguments in the case from January 9 to 12.
The court set January 31 as the date for announcing the verdict in the case.
Out of the 15 accused in the case, 12 are members of law enforcement agencies.
Among them, 9 are from police and 3 from Armed Police Battalion (APBN).
The accused in the case are: Liaquat Ali, former OC of Teknaf police station Pradeep Kumar Das, SI Nanda Dulal Rakshito, constables Safanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Mohammad Mostafa, Mohammad Shahjah , Mohammad Rajib ,Mohammad Abdullah, Nurul Amin, Nezam Uddin ,Mohammad Ayaz, former Teknaf Police Constable Rubel Sharma and former ASI Sagar Deb.
Apart from OC Pradeep and Constable Rubel Sharma, 13 accused gave confessional statements in the court.
On June 27 last year, Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge court Md Ismail framed charges in the case and ordered to begin the trial.