The High Court on Thursday released its full judgement that earlier confirmed the death sentences of former Teknaf police station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara outpost in-charge Md Liakat Ali for the 2020 murder of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
The court also upheld the life sentences of six others 鈥� sub-inspector Nanda Dulal Rakshit, constables Rubel Sharma and Sagar Dev, and three civilians, Nurul Amin, Nizam Uddin and Ayas Uddin.
The bench of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman and Justice Md Sagir Hossain signed and published the verdict on Thursday, clearing the way for the convicts to appeal in the Appellate Division.
The High Court had on June 2 accepted the death references of Pradeep and Liakat, both detained in jail, and rejected the appeals filed by all eight convicts against their 2022 convictions by the Cox鈥檚 Bazar District and Sessions Judge Court.
Major Sinha, who left the army in 2018 to work on documentary films, was shot dead at a police checkpoint on the Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥揟eknaf Marine Drive on July 31, 2020, while returning from a shoot with his cameraman.
