Maj Sinha Murder: Another cop arrested

Rab members arrested a police constable for his alleged involvement in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case on Sunday night.

Rubel Sharma, a constable of Teknaf Police Station, was sent to jail yesterday after he was produced before the court of Judge Tamanna Farah of Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-4 in Cox's Bazar.

Meanwhile, a Chattogram court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to show former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das arrested in a corruption case.

Major Mehedi Hasan, deputy commander of Rab-15 in Cox's Bazar, said Rubel was arrested from Teknaf Police Station.

The arrest was made based on information given by other accused who were arrested earlier in connection with the murder, the Rab official said.

Rubel was first interrogated at the Rab office, he said, adding that Rab members then showed him arrested in the case.

"We did not seek any remand for Rubel. He will be taken on remand in future if necessary," he added.

A total of 14 people has been made accused in the murder case.

GRAFT CASE

The court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Chattogram Ashfaqur Rahman passed the order after Pradeep was produced before the court in a case filed against him and his wife by the ACC for amusing wealth illegally.

On Saturday, Pradeep, who was accused in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, was taken to Chattogram Central Jail from Cox's Bazar.

ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmudul Haque told The Daily Star that after the hearing, the court ordered the ACC to show him arrested in the graft case.

"During the hearing, Pradeep's lawyer sought bail for him and division in jail, but the court fixed September 20 for hearing on the issues."

In the morning, police cordoned off the court building area and tightened security. Around 1:00pm, Pradeep was produced before the court and after the court passed the order, he was taken to Chattogram Central Jail amid tight security.

On August 23, ACC Assistant Director Riaz Uddin filed a case against Pradeep and his wife Chumki Karan with the ACC's Chattogram office-1.

When Pradeep was the OC of Teknaf Police Station, he used to make money from bribes and corruption.

Chumki, under the disguise of businesses, had been legalising the ill-gotten property of her husband.

Their misdeeds came to the fore through an enquiry into their wealth by the anti-graft body.

In the enquiry, the ACC found that Chumki amassed Tk 3.95 crore of wealth from her husband's "illegal income".

Chumki went into hiding after the graft case was lodged.

[Our Cox's Bazar and Chattogram correspondents contributed to this report]