Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday stated that the charge sheet in Inqilab Moncho convener Sharif Osman bin Hadi murder case will be submitted on Wednesday (January 7).
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of Law and Order Advisory Council Committee, Jahangir Alam said the final charge sheet in the case will be filed on January 7.
He said 11 people have already been arrested in connection with the killing and assured that justice would be ensured within the tenure of the interim government.
“The murder of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, a frontline activist of the July mass uprising, is being handled with utmost importance. The law enforcement agencies have been instructed to take effective measures to prevent such incidents in the future,” the home adviser said.
Hadi, who rose to prominence during July uprising, had announced his intention to contest the 13th parliamentary election as an independent candidate from Dhaka-8 constituency.
On December 12, he was shot while campaigning in the Bijoynagar area of the capital.
According to investigators, Hadi was riding in a rickshaw when he was shot by an assailant seated on the back of a moving motorcycle.
He was critically injured and initially taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where he underwent surgery, before being transferred to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka the same night.
Two days later, he was flown to Singapore by air ambulance for advanced treatment, but he died there on December 18.
The case is currently being investigated by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch.
Addressing the law and order situation ahead of the next national election, Jahangir Alam said all security forces have been directed to work in a coordinated and more proactive manner at the field level to maintain stability during the election period.
He reiterated that the interim government remains firm in holding the election on time.
“Those who attempt to sabotage the election will fail,” he said, adding that law enforcement agencies have been instructed to take a tougher stance against any efforts to disrupt the polls.
He also said security forces would be empowered to enter polling centres or any location at any time to prevent deterioration of law and order or obstruction of the electoral process.
The home adviser warned of strict action against those who create public suffering by blocking roads in the name of protests.
The adviser reaffirmed the government’s commitment to maintaining communal harmony and said the meeting discussed measures to counter rumours and disinformation on social media, as well as to discourage provocative statements.
He added that the meeting also focused on strengthening security along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, intensifying surveillance to curb smuggling, drug trafficking and other crimes, and maintaining peace in the hill tracts.
Regular patrols and special operations in border and hill areas have already been stepped up, he said.
The meeting further directed authorities to enhance security at key and sensitive economic and telecommunications installations, increase research and monitoring to control cybercrime, and strengthen surveillance to counter anti-state conspiracies and propaganda both domestically and internationally, the home adviser said.
