Major (Retd) Sinha Md Rashid Khan. File photo

DHAKA, June 2, 2025 (BSS) - The High Court (HC) today upheld all convicts' sentences handed down by the lower court concerned in the sensational Major (Retd) Sinha Md Rashid Khan murder trial.
 
A High Court division bench of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman and Justice Md Sagir Hossain announced the verdict after holding a hearing on the death reference of Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali and appeals of all the convicts in the case.
 
The court accepted the death reference filed by the state for the two death-row convicts and dismissed appeals of all the convicts.
 
The court on May 29 had set today to pronounce judgment on the death reference of the convicts and their appeals in the case.
 
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman took part in the hearing for the state.
 
Major Sinha was shot dead by police at the Shamlapur check post in Teknaf on the night of July 31, 2020, as he was returning after shooting videos for his YouTube channel in the village of Marishbunia. 

Later, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed the case against nine policemen, including former OC of Teknaf police station Pradip Kumar Das and former In-charge of Baharchora Police Investigation Centre Inspector Liakat Ali, with the Cox's Bazar court on August 5, six days after the killing.

Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Judge Court on January 31, 2022, sentenced Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali to death and six others sub-inspector Nanda Dulal Rakshit, Constable Rubel Sharma, ASI Sagar Deb, Nurul Amin, Nezam Uddin and Mohammad Ayaz Uddin to life imprisonment.
 
The seven other accused, including Armed Police Battalion (APBn) sub-inspector Mohammad Shahjahan and constables Mohammad Rajib and Mohammad Abdullah were acquitted as the charges framed against them were not proved.
 
The death references of the convicts later came to the High Court for approval. The convicts, too, filed appeals against their conviction, which were heard by the High Court.