Court orders further probe into Osman Hadi killing

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct further investigation into a case filed over the killing of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order after accepting a no-confidence petition, said a sub-inspector working at the court.

Earlier in the day, Inqilab Moncho Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber filed the petition, rejecting the investigation report submitted by the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

In the petition, the complainant said the charge sheet omitted the main planners of the killing and showed negligence in collecting witness testimony and evidence.

He also alleged that the investigator failed to properly use modern investigative methods and technology.

On December 12 last year, July frontliner Hadi, an independent aspirant for Dhaka-8, was shot in Dhaka’s Paltan area. He died on December 18 while undergoing treatment in Singapore.

Abdullah Al Jaber filed an attempted murder case on December 14 with Paltan Model Police Station against Faisal Karim Masud and several unnamed individuals. The case was later converted into a murder case.

On January 6, Investigation Officer Faisal Ahmed, a DB inspector, submitted a charge sheet before the court, naming prime accused Faisal, four of his family members and 12 others.

Meanwhile, at a press conference at Madhur Canteen of Dhaka University yesterday, Inqilab Moncho announced protest marches and brief rallies across the country after Juma prayers today, demanding justice for Hadi’s killing.

Addressing the press conference, Jaber urged people to organise protest marches and short rallies in every district, upazila and divisional city, as well as at the union and village levels across the country.

The platform has been staging protests, blockades and rallies since December 26 last year, demanding justice.

He also warned that the organisation will lay siege to the national parliament if the government fails to ensure a speedy trial.