Hadi murder: key accused flee to India
Dhaka | Desk: A top official of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) revealed on Sunday that the two primary suspects Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh in the killing of Sharif Osman Had, the leader of the Inquilab Manch,in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, have fled across the border into India to evade arrest.
According to the police, both suspects are currently believed to be hiding in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
Additional Police Commissioner (Crime and Operations) S.N. Mohammad Nazrul Islam stated during a press conference that the suspects entered India through the Haluaghat border with the help of local collaborators.
According to the police investigation, after crossing the border, they were received by a person named 'Purti,' and then a taxi driver named 'Sami' took them to Tura town in Meghalaya.
However, the police did not specify the exact date on which the accused managed to cross the border. There has been no official response from the Indian authorities on this matter so far.
It is noteworthy that 32-year-old Sharif Osman Hadi was a prominent figure in the 2024 student movement that played a significant role in the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina government. Hadi was preparing to contest the upcoming general election on February 12, 2026, as an independent candidate from the Dhaka-8 constituency.
On December 12, while traveling in a rickshaw in the Bijoynagar area of Dhaka, he was shot in the head at close range by two assailants on a motorcycle. He was taken to Singapore for better treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries on December 18.
Thousands of people attended his funeral in Dhaka on Saturday, after which he was laid to rest near the grave of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, as per his family's wishes.
