3 witnesses in court to give confessional statement

Cox’s Bazar: Three witnesses in the case brought by the police in connection with the murder of retired Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan appeared in court to give confessional statements under article 164. Previously, the three witnesses were arrested in a case brought by Sinha’s sister .

Her testimony is being recorded in the court of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judge Tamanna Farah since Wednesday morning (September 2).

On the other hand, the Teknaf OC Pradeep Kumar Das Police Station, who withdrew after about a month, was received by an investigative committee formed by the Ministry of the Interior. He is being questioned outside the Cox’s Bazar District Jail, Chittagong Additional Divisional Commissioner. Mizanur Rahman.

Mokammal Haque, the superintendent of the Cox’s Bazar district jail, told banglanews that the committee members arrived at the jail around 11 a.m. Wednesday. OC Pradeep was then questioned.

Meanwhile, the three defendants in the Sinha murder case (witnesses in the police case) underwent a medical examination at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital before being taken to court to testify under Section 164. The three are Nurul Amin, Nizam Uddin and Md. From the Marishbunia area of ​​Teknaf. Come on.

Earlier on Tuesday (September 1), the three were presented in the court of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judge Tamanna Farah and granted a four-day pretrial detention. They were presented in court one day after they were sent to preventive detention.

Retired Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan was shot dead by police at the Shamlapur checkpoint in the Baharchhara union of Teknaf on the night of July 31. In this incident, on August 5, Sinha Rashed’s sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, was recalled. Liaquat Ali presented a case in the Cox’s Bazar court charging nine policemen, including OC Pradeep Kumar Das. A total of 13 people, including the three witnesses and three members of APBN, are in jail in the case.

Bangladesh time: 1444 hours, September 2, 2020
SB / TA