Shaheed Hadi Murder: Prime accused Faisal’s wife, 2 others confess

Online Desk : The investigation into the murder of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi took a major turn as the prime accused alleged shooter Faisal Karim Masud’s wife, brother-in-law and close friend of the admitted their involvement in Dhaka court on Wednesday night. The accused are Faisal's wife Saheda Parveen Samia, his brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Sipu, and his friend Maria Akter Lima. Metropolitan Magistrates Kamal Uddin and Aminul Islam Junaid recorded their statement after the trio expressed their willingness to voluntarily confess under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court ordered the accused to be sent in jail...

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Online Desk : The investigation into the murder of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi took a major turn as the prime accused alleged shooter Faisal Karim Masud’s wife, brother-in-law and close friend of the admitted their involvement in Dhaka court on Wednesday night. The accused are Faisal’s wife Saheda Parveen Samia, his brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Sipu, and his friend Maria Akter Lima. Metropolitan Magistrates Kamal Uddin and Aminul Islam Junaid recorded their statement after the trio expressed their willingness to voluntarily confess under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The court ordered the accused to be sent in jail after the recording concluded at around 12:30 AM on Thursday.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (Prosecution) Mia Mohammad Ashish bin Hasan confirmed the development, saying, the confessions are expected to provide crucial insights into the planning and execution of the broad-daylight shooting. Earlier, police detained Samia and Sipu from Narayanganj and Maria from Dhaka on December 14 . On December 12, Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective independent candidate from the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot and critically injured on Box Culvert Road in the capital’s Paltan area.

Later, upon reviewing CCTV footage from the surrounding area, it was found that while Sharif Osman Hadi and his associate were travelling in a battery-run auto-rickshaw, two unidentified assailants arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire on Osman Hadi with the intent to kill. Osman Hadi was critically injured in the shooting and was first taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where he underwent surgery. He was later transferred to Evercare Hospital. On December 15, he was flown to Singapore for advanced treatment, where he died on December 18. Police later claimed that after reviewing the footage, they identified Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh as the attackers, with Faisal firing the shots and Alamgir driving the motorcycle. On December 14, Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Moncho, filed a case with Paltan Model Police Station over the incident.