A Dhaka court today sentenced Faisal Karim Masud, the prime accused in the killing of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case.
Judge Md Mahmudul Mohsin of the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court-18 delivered the verdict in Faisal’s absentia, Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi said.
The court also issued a conviction warrant against Faisal, who is currently absconding.
During the trial, 13 prosecution witnesses testified in the case.
On November 8, 2024, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) filed an arms case against Faisal with Adabor Police Station. On March 28 last year, investigator Jahid Hasan, a sub-inspector of the same police station, pressed charges against him.
According to the case documents, members of Rab-2 conducted a raid on November 7, 2024, at an apartment in Baitul Aman Housing Society in Dhaka’s Adabor area. Faisal was detained while attempting to flee. A subsequent search of his residence led to the recovery of a foreign-made pistol along with four rounds of ammunition.
On December 12 last year, Hadi, an independent aspirant for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in Dhaka’s Paltan area while campaigning. He died on December 18 while undergoing treatment in Singapore.
On December 14, Inqilab Moncho's Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber filed an attempted murder case with Paltan Model Police Station against Faisal and several unnamed individuals, which later turned into a murder case.
On January 6 this year, investigating officer Faisal Ahmed, a Detective Branch (DB) inspector, submitted a charge sheet in the case before the court, naming Faisal, four of his family members, and 12 others.
On January 15, Abdullah Al Jaber filed a no-confidence (naraji) petition with the court, rejecting the probe report submitted by the DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. On the same day, the court directed the CID to conduct a further investigation into the case after granting the petition.
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