The cases were filed with the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Judge Helal Uddin while the court directed the OC of Teknaf Police Station to investigate the matter and submit reports within October 8.

Nur Mohammad, resident of Nazirpara and Md Aziz of Dailpara in Teknaf were reportedly put in crossfire.

Police picked up Nur, a trader of agricultural equipment, from local Agriculture Office on March 19, 2019 and demanded Tk 50 lakh from his family and threatened to kill him in ‘crossfire’ if the family failed to pay the money, according to the case statement filed over Nur’s murder.

Later, on March 21 Nur was killed in ‘crossfire’  in the Rajarchhara area of Marin Drive road.

Besides, Aziz murder case statement said Teknaf police picked up three people including Aziz on October 18, 2019 and demanded Tk 20 lakh from him family.

Despite Aziz’s family paid Tk 50,000, the cops killed him the next day in Maheshkhaliapara Nadighat area in the name of ‘crossfire’.

OC Pradeep is now in jail in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Rashed Md Sinha on July 31 this year.

Sinha was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on July 31.

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Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, elder sister of Sinha, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court after the incident on August 5 while the court issued arrest warrants against all of the accused.

OC Pradeep surrendered the following day and later police took him to Cox’s Bazar.