Dhaka, April 26 -- The Ex-Forces Association has demanded the execution of former OC Pradeep Kumar Das and police inspector Liaqat Ali within seven days after the completion of the appeal hearings over the murder of Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan in Cox's Bazar in 2020.

The association, which is a platform of retired military and paramilitary personnel, also called for the appeal and death reference hearings to be completed within a month.

They made the demand at a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on Saturday.

Lieutenant Commander (Retd) Mohammad Mehedi Hasan voiced the demands on behalf of the association.

In a stern warning, he said, "If the caretaker government fails to implement the sentence within seven days...