Dhaka: A court here today placed two persons who allegedly helped prime suspect Foysal Karim Masud flee to India, on a three-day remand each in the case lodged over the shooting of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam passed the order as police produced Civion Dew, 32, and Sanjay Chisim, 22, before the court and pleaded to place them on a seven-day remand each.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, investigation officer, Detective Branch (DB) and Inspector Foysal Ahmed reported that information has been found indicating the two accused assisted Foysal and his associate in escaping to India illegally. The incident in question involves Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent parliamentary candidate for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, who was shot on December 12 in the capital's Bijoynagar Box Culvert area.
The case statement reveals that two assailants, riding on a motorcycle, opened fire on Hadi while he was traveling in a battery-run rickshaw and then fled the scene. Inqilab Moncho member secretary Abdullah Al Zaber filed the case with Paltan Model Police Station on December 14.