Hadi Murder: Arms trader Majedul gives confessional statement

A Dhaka court on Saturday recorded the confessional statement of arms trader Md Majedul Haque Helal in connection to a case filed over the killing of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman recorded the statement after police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to record his voluntary confessional statement.

On 15 April, Majedul was placed on a three-day remand following his arrest from Chattogram’s Chawkbazar area in a case filed under the Arms Act.

The case was filed after the firearm used in the Hudi murder was recovered from Narsingdi.

According to the case statement, the pistol was imported by MI 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.

Hadi died while undergoing treatment at a 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.