Three separate cases, including a murder case, have been filed over the death of Army soldier Mohammad Titas Sheikh during a joint operation against an armed human trafficking group in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.
A total of 95 people have been named as accused in the three cases, while another 52 to 59 unidentified people have also been accused, according to police.
The cases were filed under the murder, human trafficking and arms laws, said Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station, on Monday.
Of the named accused, 27 are in the murder case, 41 in the human trafficking case and 27 in the arms case.
Police also detained six people from the scene of the incident and later sent them to the Cox’s Bazar court after legal procedures, the OC said.
According to police, Army Warrant Officer Minajul Islam filed the murder case on November 8. The case names 27 people and includes 16 to 17 unidentified accused.
Two other cases were filed by Sub-Inspector Saikat Majumder. The human trafficking case names 41 people and 20 to 25 unidentified suspects, while the arms case names 27 people and 16 to 17 unidentified suspects.
Police said two pistols and four rounds of ammunition were recovered during the operation.
The incident occurred on November 5 in a remote hilly area of Rangikhali in Hnila Union. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate, a joint team comprising members of the Army, Border Guard Bangladesh and police launched the operation after receiving information that around 120 Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals were being held hostage by an armed human trafficking group.
During the operation, the traffickers opened fire on the joint team. Soldier Titas Sheikh was shot in the left shoulder during the exchange of gunfire and later died from excessive blood loss at the Combined Military Hospital in Ramu.
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