Osman Hadi murder: Arms trader Majedul on three-day remand

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Md Majedul Haque Helal, a suspected arms trader from Chattogram, on a three-day remand in a case filed over the murder of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order following a seven-day remand petition filed by the investigation officer of the case, CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Abdul Kadir Bhuiyan.
Earlier on Tuesday, the accused was arrested from the Chawkbazar area of Chattogram.
During the hearing, state prosecutor Harun-or-Rashid pleaded in favour of the remand plea, while no lawyer appeared on behalf of the accused. 
In response to the court’s offer, the accused said he had nothing to say.
A case was filed under the Arms Act after the firearm used in the Osman Hadi murder was recovered from Narsingdi.
The remand petition stated that the pistol was imported by M I H Arms Company in Dhaka and sold to Islam Uddin Ahmed and Sons on 3 December 2017.

Later, in February 2018, Islam Uddin Ahmed and Sons sold the pistol to Hamidul Haque Arms and Co in Chattogram. Investigators found that the shop belonged to the accused, Majedul Haque Helal, whose licence had not been renewed after 31 December 2014.
Majedul needs to be interrogated to determine how the weapon reached the hands of the perpetrators, the plea said.
Hadi died at the Singapore hospital on 18 December, a week after he was shot at Box Culvert Road in Paltan. He wished to contest the parliamentary election from Dhaka-8 as an independent candidate.

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