TDS Desk:

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the submission of the probe report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi to 25 January.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam fixed the new date after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to submit the report within the stipulated timeframe.

On 15 January, the court ordered the CID to reinvestigate the murder following a no-confidence petition filed by Abdullah Al Jaber, member secretary of Inqilab Moncho and plaintiff in the case, challenging the charge sheet submitted by the Detective Branch (DB) of police.

The charge-sheeted accused include Faisal Karim Masud, alias Rahul or Daud, 37; his father Md Humayun Kabir, 70; mother Hashi Begum, 60; wife Saheda Parvin Samia, 24; brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Shipu, 27; friend Maria Akhter Lima, 21; Md Kabir, 33; Md Nuruzzaman Nomani, alias Ujjal, 34; Sibiun Dew, 32; Sanjay Chisim, 23; Md Aminul Islam, alias Raju, 37; Md Faisal, 25; Md Alamgir Hossain, alias Alamgir Sheikh, 26; Md Taizul Islam Chowdhury Bappi; Philip Snal, 32; Mukti Mahmud, 51; and Jesmin Akhter, 42.

Of these, 11 have been arrested and are currently in jail, while six, including the alleged shooter Faisal, remain at large.

Hadi, also a prospective candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in the head on 12 December while travelling in a rickshaw in the Paltan area.

He was airlifted to Singapore for advanced treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries on the night of 18 December.