Sinha Murder: Pradeep, Liaqat shifted to Kashimpur jail

PBC News:  The death row convicts Pradeep Kumar Das and Liakat Ali, the suspended police officials, in Major (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case have been shifted to Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur.

They were taken to the jail from Chattogram Central Jail in a prison van amid tight security around 8:30 on Wednesday.

Senior prison superintendent Md Gias Uddin confirmed.

After the verdict on January 31, the duo were taken to Cox’s Bazar Jail. From there they were transferred to Chattogram Central Jail on February 5.

A Cox’s Bazar court handed down death penalty to sacked Teknaf Police Station OC Pradip Kumar Das and former sub-inspector Liakat Ali for killing Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan at night on July 31, 2020.

The court also sentenced sub-inspector Nanda Dulal Rakshit, constable Rubel Sharma, ASI Sagar Deb, Nurul Amin, Nizam Uddin and Mohammad Ayaz Uddin to life imprisonment.

It may be mentioned that at night on July 31, 2020, Major (Retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on Marine Drive Road in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.

The 36-year-old former army officer, who served at the Special Security Force tasked with guarding the president and prime minister, had gone into early retirement to pursue his interests.

He had been staying at a resort in Cox’s Bazar’s Himchhari with three others for around a month to film a travel documentary.

Sources said Pradeep Kumar Das ordered as many as 144 extrajudicial killings during 22 months in the name of eliminating drug dealers when he was Teknaf Police Station OC. The incidents left 204 people dead. All the victims of extrajudicial killings were described as ‘drug dealers’ by Pradeep following their brutal murders