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Bangladesh Police connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) said they person nary "specific information" connected the whereabouts of the premier fishy successful the sidesplitting of salient youth person Sharif Osman Hadi.
The remarks came a time aft Hadi's Inqilab Mancha enactment connected Saturday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the interim government, demanding "visible progress" successful the apprehension of those liable for his killing.
Addressing an exigency property league astatine the Ministry of Home Affairs, Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khandaker Rafiqul Islam said instrumentality enforcement agencies are actively trying to find Faisal Karim Masud, identified arsenic the gunman successful the shooting, the UNB quality agency reported.
“We bash not person circumstantial accusation astir Faisal's past location. Our forces and quality agencies are moving to get it,” helium said, adding that determination was nary reliable accusation suggesting the fishy had near the country.
The IGP cautioned that criminals often dispersed rumours astir their whereabouts. Mr. Islam besides said nary factual grounds has yet emerged linking immoderate governmental enactment to the murder.
"However, efforts are underway to stitchery close data,” helium said.
Detective Branch (DB) main Shafiqul Islam said prima facie, the execution appeared to beryllium politically motivated, arsenic determination did not look to beryllium immoderate idiosyncratic motive. However, helium said, “We are examining each imaginable angles.”
Hadi, a salient person of the student-led protests past twelvemonth that led to the ouster of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, was a campaigner for the scheduled February 12 wide elections.
The 32-year-old Inqilab Mancha spokesperson was changeable successful the caput connected December 12 by masked gunmen astatine an predetermination run successful cardinal Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area. He died portion undergoing attraction successful Singapore connected Thursday.
His decease triggered attacks and vandalism crossed Bangladesh, including stone-hurling astatine the Assistant Indian High Commissioner's residence successful Chattogram connected Thursday.
Hadi was laid to remainder connected Saturday amid choky information beside the sedate of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam adjacent the Dhaka University mosque.
