Staff Correspondent

A Dhaka court has ordered the submission of a further investigation report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi by Sept 27.

The report in the high-profile case had been due on Thursday, but investigating officer Abdul Kader Bhuiyan, an assistant superintendent of police with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), failed to submit it.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam set the new date after the report could not be filed, Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Md Rukunuzzaman said.

Hadi, who rose to prominence through the July Uprising and the movement to ban Awami League activities, had declared his candidacy as an independent for the Dhaka-8 seat in the February election.

He was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire on him during campaigning near Bijoynagar on Dec 12 last year.

After being shot in the head, Hadi underwent emergency surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital before being transferred to Evercare Hospital later that night.

Two days later, he was flown to Singapore for treatment, where he died on Dec 18.

Following the shooting, the platform’s Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber filed an attempted murder case on Dec 14.

A murder charge was later added after Hadi's death.

The investigation was initially handled by local police before being transferred to the Detective Branch (DB).

After completing its inquiry, DB police filed charges on Jan 6 against 17 people, including former ward councillor Taijul Islam Chowdhury Bappi and former Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Faisal Karim Masud.

The complainant, however, challenged the chargesheet through a no-confidence petition on Jan 15.

The court accepted the petition and ordered the CID to carry out a further investigation.