Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday took three prime accused including withdrawn officer- in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das on 7-day remand each in Major (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case.
Two other accused are-- Baharchara Investigation Centre's Inspector Liakat Ali and Sub-Inspector Nanda Dulal Rakkhit.
Cox’s Bazar District Jail Superintendent Mokammel Hossain confirmed the information to The Business Post.
Lt Col Ashiq Billah, director (legal and media wing) of RAB, on Monday told the media that the three were taken on remand, 12 days after a court order in the case.
Maj (retd) Sinha was reportedly killed in a police firing at Shamlapur checkpost of Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive Road in Baharchhara on the night of July 31.
The deceased’s sister Shahriar Sharmin, as a plaintiff, lodged a case on August 5 accusing nine people including Pradeep Kumar Das and Liakat Ali.
A total of ten people have been arrested so far in the murder case to date.