Dhaka Tribune] A murder case has been filed with the Senior Judicial Magistrate court in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar in connection with a reported shootout in 2017.The plaintiff, Hamida Akhter, lodged the case on Wednesday afternoon regarding the murder of her husband, salt trader Abdus Sattar, which was allegedly framed as a shootout by OC Pradeep and 28 others.
The 29 people accused include the former OC of the cop shoppe Pradeep Kumar Das and five other members of the police force.
The five are SI Harunur Rashid, SI Imam Hossain, ASI Monirul Islam, ASI Shahedul Islam and ASI Azim Uddin.
Ferdous, 58, chief of the Ferdous Gang, is the main accused in the case. He is the son of late Nurul Kabir of the same area.
Hamida Akhter, the plaintiff in the case, said that her husband Abdus Sattar was killed at around 7am on February 14, 2017, with the help of Ferdous and his followers in Lambasia area of Hwanak.
The police did not file a case regarding the incident, which occurred in 2017, she alleged.