DHAKA, Dec 14, 2025 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained three people including prime suspect Faisal Karim Masud’s wife in connection with the shooting of Inquilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi in the city's Paltan area.

The detainees are Faisal's wife Samia, his friend Monika and his brother-in-law Shipu.

They were detained during separate raids conducted in Dhaka and Narayanganj over the last 24 hours, Wing Commander MZM Enthekhab Chowdhury, director of RAB's legal and media wing, confirmed.

According to RAB, Faisal maintained contact with all three individuals both before and after the shooting.

Enthekhab Chowdhury said Faisal spent the night before the incident with his wife in Narayanganj and left for Dhaka at dawn. He later went to the residence of his friend Monika.

Sharif Osman Hadi, also an aspiring candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot around noon on Friday. RAB officials said investigations into the incident are ongoing.

He is currently receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.

Meanwhile, the Interim Government has decided to send Osman Hadi to Singapore for advanced medical treatment.