One more case has been lodged against suspended officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf police Pradeep Kumar Das, the main accused in Major (Retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan killing case, 29 others.
Journalist Faridul Mostafa Khan, recently freed from jail, lodged the case with the court of Cox's Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah on Tuesday.
After taking the case into cognisance, the court ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit report after investigation.
Various allegations, including physical torture, attempt to murder, false cases, have been brought in the case.
Faridul was freed from jail on August 27 after over 11 months as six cases were filed against him for publishing reports against policemen.
On Monday, two murder cases were filed against OC Pradeep. With these, 10 murder cases have, so far, been filed against him.
On July 31, Major (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan was killed in police firing at night a check post at Shamlapur area under Baharchhara union along the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive.
Later, his sister filed a case where she made Baharchhara Investigation Centre’s Inspector Liakat Ali as prime accused and Teknaf Police Station OC as the accused number two. Besides, seven more policemen were made accused in the case.
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