A Dhaka court on Sunday set 5 May for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit its report on further investigation into the sensational murder of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sefatullah passed the order as the investigating agency failed to submit the report on Thursday.
On 15 January, the court directed the CID to carry out further investigation into the killing after the complainant expressed dissatisfaction with the probe and filed a naraji petition against the charge sheet submitted by the Detective Branch (DB) of police, seeking a fresh inquiry.
DB Inspector Foysal Ahmed submitted the charge sheet on 6 January against 17 accused, including alleged shooter Foysal Karim Masud and his parents, Humayun Kabir and Hashi Begum.
According to the case statement, Foysal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain allegedly opened fire on Hadi while he was travelling in a battery-run auto-rickshaw on 12 December, 2025, before fleeing the scene.
Inqilab Mancha Member Secretary Abdullah Al Zaber lodged the case with Paltan Model Police Station on 14 December.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Siddiq Azad on 20 December ordered the inclusion of Section 302 (murder) of the Penal Code, as the case was initially filed as an attempted murder case following Hadi’s death on 18 December.
