A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday visited the crime spot along with the three prime accused -former Teknaf police station Officer-in-charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das, Inspector Liaquat Ali and Sub-inspector (SI) Nandadulal Rakkhit- for a demonstration of the circumstances surrounding the murder of retired Army Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan. The team led by RAB Additional Director General Colonel Tofail Mustafa Sarwar reached the murder spot at Baharchhara Shamlapur at 11:30 am.
RAB Additional Director General Colonel Tofail Mustafa Sarwar, RAB Law and Media Wing Chief Lt. Colonel Ashiq Billah, RAB intelligence director Sarwar bin Kashem and RAB-15 commander Azim Ahmed and senior director of RAB-15 Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Khairul Islam, who is investigating the Sinha murder case, closely monitored the scene and its surroundings.
RAB-15 Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Khairul Islam also rehearsed the incident as per the statements of the accused and gave an illustrated account.
RAB officials also spoke to the locals at the time. The team left the spot at 3 pm.
Retired Major Sinha Md Rashed was killed in a reported police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on July 31.
On August 5, Sharmin Shahrier Ferdous, elder sister of Sinha, filed the case at Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court against nine people over the killing.
Suspended Inspector Liakat Ali of Baharchhara police outpost and Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das were among the accused.
The other accused in the case are inspector of Baharchara Police outpost Liakat Ali, sub-inspector Nandolal Rakkhit, Sub-inspector Tutul, assistant sub-inspector Liton Mia, constable Shafanur Karim, Constable Kamal Hossain, Constable Abdullah AL Mamun, and Constable Mohamamd Mostafa.
The authorities on August 2 suspended 21 police officers, including the in-charge of Baharchhara police outpost, in connection with the killing.
On August 6, a Cox’s Bazar court placed three people, including OC Pradeep Kumar and Inspector Liakat, on a seven-day remand. – UNB
