A Cox's Bazar court today placed seven people, including four policemen, on seven-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Tamanna Farah passed the order after hearing the separate remand petitions, our Cox's Bazar correspondent reports quoting lawyer Mohammad Mostofa.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Jamil Ul Haque, investigation officer of the case from Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), sought 10-day remand for each of the accused, said the lawyer.

Of the accused, three people, who were made witnesses in the murder case filed by police, were sent to jail yesterday after they were arrested by Rapid Action Battalion members from Marishbania in Cox's Bazar.

The arrestees -- Nurul Amin, Nizam Uddin and Md Ayash -- are residents of Marishbania area of Baharchhara union in Teknaf and members of community police.

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