Sinha Murder: Govt probe committee to submit report tomorrow

The probe committee formed by the home ministry will submit its report tomorrow over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Mizanur Rahman, additional divisional commissioner of Chattogram, who is leading the four-member probe body, told The Daily Star yesterday.

He said, "The committee members have talked to 68 people related in many ways to the killing incident and recorded their statements. They have finalised the report unanimously after scrutinising the information given by the people.

"The report will be submitted to the home ministry on September 6 [Sunday]. The report will show why the incident took place and who are responsible for it," he added.

There will be recommendations in the report so that such incidents do not recur in the future, he added.

A murder case was filed in this connection and it is currently under trial, he said, adding that the investigation officer of the case is also working on it.

So, the court will decide who is guilty of the murder, he said.

It only has the jurisdiction to convict the responsible persons and sentence them to jail, he added.

The court can use the probe report if it thinks it is necessary, the probe body chief said.

The home ministry's public security division formed the probe committee on August 2 after Major (retd) Sinha was shot dead at a police checkpoint on Marine Drive in Teknaf upazila on July 31.

According to sources, arms were used to kill Major (retd) Sinha, but no such situations arose there to open fire.

Behaviour of several policemen who were present on the spot was inhuman, they said.

Three other members of the committee are: Shahjahan Ali, additional district magistrate of Cox's Bazar, Lt Col SM Sazzad Hossain, representative of the armed forces division of Bangladesh Army, and Zakir Hossain Khan, additional deputy inspector general of Chattogram range.