A Dhaka court has deferred submission of the supplementary investigation report in the murder case of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi to 15 July.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam rescheduled the date on Sunday after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to submit the report.
This is the 17th extension granted to the CID for filing the report, Dhaka Metropolitan Prosecution’s Sub‑Inspector Rokonuzzaman confirmed.
Earlier, on 6 January, DB Inspector Faisal Ahmed submitted a charge sheet against 17 accused. On 15 January, complainant Abdullah Al Jaber, member‑secretary of Inquilab Moncho, filed a no‑confidence petition, prompting the court to order further investigation by the CID.
According to the case statement, Hadi had formed the political‑cultural platform Inquilab Moncho after the July uprising and was serving as its spokesperson. He had also announced his candidacy for Dhaka‑8 in the 13th national parliamentary election.
On 12 December, around 2:20pm, assailants on a motorcycle shot Hadi on Box Culvert Road in Paltan while he was campaigning. He sustained bullet wounds to the head and below the right ear, leaving him critically injured.
He was treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and later at Evercare Hospital. As his condition worsened, he was flown to Singapore by air ambulance on 15 December. He died there on 18 December while under treatment.
Following the incident, Abdullah Al Jaber filed an attempted murder case with Paltan Police Station on 14 December, which was later converted into a murder case.
