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Published : 20 Jan 2026, 03:12 PM
A court has given the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) five more days to submit its investigation report in the murder case of Sharif Osman Hadi, convener of Inqilab Moncho.
As the CID failed to submit the report on the scheduled date on Tuesday, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam directed the agency to submit the report by Jan 20.
Previously, the Detective Branch (DB) of police had submitted a charge sheet on Jan 6, accusing 17 people in the Hadi murder case. However, on Jan 15, the plaintiff - Inqilab Moncho Member-Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber, filed a no-confidence petition challenging the charge sheet. The court subsequently ordered the CID to reinvestigate the case.
Hadi, who rose to prominence for his role in the July Uprising and in the movement to ban the Awami League, had announced his intention to run as an independent candidacy for the Dhaka-8 seat in the parliamentary elections.
On Dec 12, he was attacked during a public outreach programme in Bijoynagar by assailants on a moving motorcycle. They shot him as he rode on a rickshaw.
Gravely injured, he was initially treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, then transferred to Evercare Hospital and later flown to Singapore, where he died on Dec 18.
The murder case, initially filed as attempted murder on Dec 14, was later upgraded under Section 302. The investigation was initially handled by local police before being transferred to the DB.
Following CID’s reinvestigation, key suspect Faisal Karim Masud, ex-ward councillor Taijul Islam Chowdhury Bappi, and 15 others were accused, with five of them still at large.
The chargesheet claimed Hadi was killed for political revenge and to disrupt his electoral campaign, with suspects allegedly infiltrating his campaign in a premeditated attack.
