It’s all over this heartbreaking murder of Sharif Osman Hadi, that young activist guy who was only 32. So, quick backstory – Hadi was a big deal in those massive student protests last year that booted out Sheikh Hasina. He was super outspoken, criticized the old government, India too, and was gearing up to run as an independent in the February elections. On December 12, right in the middle of campaigning in Dhaka, some masked dude walks up and shoots him point-blank in the head. They flew him to Singapore, but he didn’t make it – died on the 18th. His death set off absolute chaos: huge protests, mobs torching newspaper offices like Prothom Alo and Daily Star, attacks on minorities, just total mess. And yeah, a lot of anti-India vibes mixed in because Hasina’s been staying in India since she left.
Then yesterday, December 28, Dhaka police drop this bombshell at a press conference. Their additional commissioner, S.N. Md Nazrul Islam, says the two main suspects – Faisal Karim Masud (the alleged shooter) and Alamgir Sheikh – bolted across the border into Meghalaya right after the hit. They even spilled details: crossed near Haluaghat in Mymensingh, got picked up by some local named Purti on the Indian side, then a taxi guy called Sami drove them to Tura in the Garo Hills. They claimed informal sources said Purti and Sami got nabbed by Meghalaya cops, and Bangladesh is pushing for extradition through official and back channels.
But hold up – India wasn’t having any of it. The BSF Meghalaya boss, Inspector General O.P. Upadhyay, comes out swinging: “No evidence at all. Nothing detected, no reports from our guys on the ground. These claims are totally baseless and misleading.” Meghalaya Police backed him up – no arrests of those helpers, no sign of the suspects anywhere, and zero official word from Bangladesh about it.
Dhaka police later kinda softened on the arrest part, saying it was just “info from multiple border sources,” but they’re still dead sure the killers are chilling in India.
Man, it’s rough. Relations are already super tense post-Hasina, and this just adds fuel. With elections coming, people in Bangladesh are furious and demanding justice – fair enough, a young leader gunned down like that is awful. But slinging unproven accusations across the border? It risks making things worse when they should be sharing real intel to catch the bad guys.
We dunno, feels like politics is turning a real tragedy into another neighbor feud. Hope they chill, use proper channels, and actually nab whoever orchestrated this. No one deserves to go out like that, and finger-pointing ain’t bringing him back.
What’s your take? Think Bangladesh is just hyping it for the crowd at home, or is there legit smoke here?
Sources:
- Hindustan Times
- The Hindu
- India Today
- The Daily Star
- The Business Standard
- Dhaka Tribune
Times of India
