A Cox’s Bazar court has asked all concerned to be careful not to turn the Sinha Murder trial into a 'media trial'. Judge Ismail Hossain of the Cox's Bazar District and Sessions Court made the observation after completion of recording witness statements Sunday.  Public Prosecutor Faridul Alam and Defendant's lawyer Advocate Rana Das Gupta revealed the court's observation to the press. Read: Sinha murder case trial: Court records testimonial statements for 2nd day They said that the court asked the responsible authorities to avoid talking to the media about the details of the case, stating that it increases the chance of a media trial . The court on Sunday morning started the second phase of testimonies in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan. The testimony of the third witness named Mohammad Ali was recorded during this time. According to the case charge sheet, there are 83 witnesses. The testimony of two others were recorded in the first phase between August 23-25. Read: Sinha murder: Defence lawyers allegedly obstruct trial They were  plaintiff Sharmin Shahriar (Sinha's sister), and eyewitness Shahidul Islam Sifat. Major (retd) Sinha was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on July 31. Sharmin Shahriar filed the case at Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court, accusing 13 police members.

In an unprecedented show of unity, India's Bollywood have come together and taken the country's two leading English TV channels to a higher court of law against what they claim is a "media trial" in the drugs scandal linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.