Published : 25 Dec 2025, 06:38 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 02:55 PM
A Dhaka court has asked police to explain their delay in producing Aminul Islam Raju, a suspect in the murder of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, following his arrest.
Police will have to explain in 15 days.
On Wednesday evening, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Junaid issued the order while serving show-cause notices to prosecution police and the lockup in-charge at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court over the delay.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Qayyum Hossain Nayan confirmed the order passed by the court.
Raju was arrested around 1:30pm at Mirpur-11 on charge of helping Faisal Karim Masud, the main suspect in the Hadi murder, flee Bangladesh across the border.
Police Inspector of the De Faisal Ahmed produced Raju before the court around 6pm, seeking permission to take him into custody for 10 days for quizzing.
The remand prayer filed by police says Raju, through the help of one of his relatives and another suspect Philip, identified with a single name, helped Faisal hide in the border area.
Raju was also involved in paying those who helped Faisal hide, it adds.
Police told the court that Raju provided financial assistance for the murder.
At one point the court asked, “Why did you bring the accused so late after the arrest? Have you had the suspect groomed at the parlor? Stop these bad practices.”
The court granted police five days to quiz Raju in their custody.
Hadi was shot in the head while he was going to participate in his election campaign on Dec 12.
The Inqilab Moncho leader, travelling in an electric rickshaw, was attacked from a moving motorcycle. Hadi passed away in Singapore on Dec 18.
The case that was initially filed as an attempt-to-murder case was eventually converted into a murder case after Haid’s death.
Police have arrested 10 people in connection with the murder. The main accused, however, is still on the run.
