Monday, 02 June 2025 , 10:11 AM
The High Court is set to deliver its verdict today, Monday (June 2), in the Major Sinha murder case. The High Court bench, comprising Justice Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman and Justice Mohammad Sagir Hossain, will announce the ruling.
Sinha Md. Rashed Khan was killed by a bullet fired by then-Inspector Liakat Ali, an officer at the Baharchhara Investigation Centre of the police, at the Shamlapur checkpost on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road at 9:30 PM on July 31, 2020. Five days after the incident, on August 5, 2020, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with the court as the plaintiff. On December 13, 2020, RAB submitted a charge sheet to the court, accusing 15 individuals. The charge sheet described Sinha's killing as a "premeditated murder."
On January 31, 2022, Mohammad Ismail, judge of the Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge Court, delivered the verdict in the case. The court sentenced former Teknaf Police Station OC Pradeep Kumar Das and former Baharchhara Investigation Centre Inspector Liakat Ali to death, and six others to life imprisonment.
Among those who received life sentences are three police members, including a sub-inspector, and three police informants. Seven defendants were acquitted.
Subsequently, on February 8, 2022, the death references for the condemned convicts were sent to the High Court for confirmation. Simultaneously, the convicted defendants who are in jail filed appeals.