Photo : BSS

DHAKA, Dec 29, 2025 (BSS) - Md Aminul Islam Raju, an accused in the case 
filed over the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, has 
confessed that he helped prime accused Foysal Karim Masud flee to 
neighbouring India through the Haluaghat border in Mymensingh.

Revealing the matter before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate 
Mohammad Ehsanul Haque, Investigating Officer (IO) of the Detective Branch 
(DB) of Police Inspector Foysal Ahmed said Raju, during his five-day remand, 
admitted helping Foysal and one of his accomplices escape to India.

The IO requested that Raju's statement be recorded under Section 164 of the 
Code of Criminal Procedure. After recording the confessional statement, the 
court sent Raju back to jail.

Md Aminul Islam Raju was arrested on December 24 from the Mirpur-11 area of 
the capital. On the same day, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad 
Hossain Mohammad Zunaid placed him on a five-day remand in the case.

After fatally shooting Hadi, prime accused Foysal Karim Masud and his 
associate Alamgir Hossain fled to India through the Haluaghat border, which 
was revealed through electronic and print media, as well as technological 
evidence.

Earlier on December 20, the court ordered the inclusion of Section 302 
(murder) of the Penal Code in the case, converting it into a murder case 
following Hadi's death on December 18.

Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent parliamentary candidate for Dhaka-8 and 
spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, was shot on December 12 in the capital's 
Bijoynagar Box Culvert area. 

According to the case statement, two assailants riding a motorcycle opened 
fire on Hadi while he was travelling in a battery-run rickshaw and then fled 
the scene.

Inqilab Moncho member secretary Abdullah Al Zaber filed the case with Paltan 
Model Police Station on December 14 last.