Court orders CID to reinvestigate Hadi murder

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to reinvestigate the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, after hearing the plaintiff’s no-confidence petition on the charge sheet submitted by the Detective Branch (DB) of police.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order after accepting the petition filed by member secretary of Inqilab Moncho Abdullah Al Jaber.

Confirming the development, deputy commissioner of the DMP Prosecution Division, Mia Mohammad Ashis Bin Hasan, said the court has directed the Crime Investigation Department (CID) to reinvestigate the case and submit the report by 20 January.

Earlier on the day, Inqilab Moncho Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber filed the petition before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam.

On 6 January, DB Police Inspector Faisal Ahmed, investigation officer of the case, submitted a chargesheet against 17 accused in the case.

On 12 January, the plaintiff appeared before the court and sought time until Thursday to review the charge sheet. The court fixed the date for the hearing on the charge sheet accordingly.

The charge-sheeted accused are -- Faisal Karim Masud, 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 and 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.

Among them, 11 have been arrested so far and are now in jail, while six of the accused, including alleged shooter Faisal, are at large.