Slain ex-major Sinha’s aide Shipra gets bail

A Cox’s Bazar court has granted bail to Shipra Rani Debnath, a student of Stamford University’s film and media studies department and also an aide of slain former army major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan, in a case filed under the Narcotics Act.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Delwar Hossen passed the order on Sunday. 

The court also fixed Monday for hearing on Shipra’s friend Sifat’s bail petition in the same case.

Shipra’s lawyer Arup Barua Topu confirmed her bail to Jago News.

Major (retd) Sinha had been in Cox’s Bazar with them for making a documentary film. Last Friday night, Sinha was killed in police firing in Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive.

After the firing incident, police arrested Sifat - who was travelling with Sinha - from the spot while Shipra was picked up from a local resort. The duo was accused in two different lawsuits - attempted murder and narcotics cases.