Moinul Hoque Chowdhury,
bdnews24.com
Published: 31 Dec 2020 08:55 PM BdST
Updated: 31 Dec 2020 09:11 PM BdST
There is no doubt that 2020 will go down in history as the year of a deadly pandemic when the fear of death accompanied the people at every step. In Bangladesh, many saw the pandemic as an opportunity to enrich themselves as various scams related to the outbreak were uncovered. );
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Meanwhile, issues like the scandal involving Shamima Noor Papia, an expelled leader of Jubo Mohila League who allegedly ran escort services at the Westin hotel in Dhaka, the COVID testing scam which brought dubious businessman Mohammad Shahed under the spotlight, along with the killing of retired major Sinha Md Rashed Khan by the police, rank among the biggest talking points of the year.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 13 Dec 2020 06:11 PM BdST
Updated: 14 Dec 2020 01:30 AM BdST Police personnel escort Pradip Kumar Das, who was suspended as the OC of Teknaf Police Station for his alleged involvement in the unprovoked killing of former army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, to a court in Chattogram on Oct 13 for hearing. Photo: Suman Babu
Retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan was killed because he “came to know about Teknaf police’s OC Pradip Kumar Das’s links to drug business, the RAB has said. );
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The basic finding of the investigation was that it was a “planned” murder, said Lt Col Ashique Billah, spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion.
Court Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 13 Dec 2020 04:23 PM BdST
Updated: 13 Dec 2020 04:23 PM BdST
Investigators have found ‘no proof’ in police’s narcotics charges against Stamford University students Shipra Debnath and Shahedul Islam Sefat who were co-workers of the slain former army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan. );
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RAB officer Biman Chandra Karmakar submitted an investigation report to the court of Cox’s Bazar’s senior judicial magistrate on Sunday.
“The RAB investigation officer submitted the final report mentioning that the veracity of the allegations could not be found. The court has received it and ordered authorities to take action,” said Faridul Alam, a public prosecutor.
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 13 Dec 2020 11:35 AM BdST
Updated: 13 Dec 2020 12:19 PM BdST
The Rapid Action Battalion has pressed formal charges in court against former Teknaf Police OC Pradip Kumar Das, former in-charge of Baharchhara investigation centre Inspector Liakat Ali and 13 others over the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan at a police checkpoint in Cox s Bazar. );
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The case s investigation officer, RAB-15 s ASP Md Khairul Islam, filed the charge-sheet with the court of Cox s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah on Sunday. In addition to the 14 arrested in connection with the case, another suspect has also been added to the charge-sheet, he said.