Sinha was murdered as he came to know about ‘Yaba trading’ of OC Pradeep

Retired Major Sinha Md. Rashed Khan was murdered as he came to know about the illegal Yaba trading of sacked Officer in Charge (OC) of Teknaf police station Pradeep Kumar Das. After the killing OC Pradeep staged a ‘drama’ of drugs recovery along with other accused including Baharchhara camp in-charge Liakat Ali.

The information was delivered at a press conference of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at its media center at Karwan Bazar in the capital on Sunday.

The chargesheet of the case against 15 accused including OC Pradeep was submitted before the court of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate today. Officer of RAB-15 Assistant Police Super (ASP) Md. Khairul Alam submitted the chargesheet. Of the accused 14 are in jail and one is absconding. Following investigation of the sensational case the report was submitted after more than four months.

After submitting the report ASP Md. Khairul Alam said, we have investigated the case from different angles. RAB unearthed involvement of 15 persons in connection with the incident while performing investigation. Among the accused 14 people are in jail including OC Pradeep. One associate of OC Pradeep named Sagor was shown absconding.

Earlier, in connection with the case total 14 people including OC Pradeep Kumar Das, Baharchhara camp Inspector Liakat Ali, SI Nanda Dulam Rakshit, three Armed Police Battalion (APBN) members along with some police members of Teknaf police station and three locals were arrested.

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