KOLKATA: Two prime suspects within the homicide of Bangladeshi youth activist Sharif Osman Hadi, who performed a key position within the July 2024 rebellion within the neighbouring nation that dislodged the Sheikh Hasina govt, had been arrested by the Bengal Particular Activity Pressure in Bongaon early on Sunday.The suspects — Faisal Karim Masud (37) and Alamgir Hossain (34) — had sneaked into India from Bangladesh via the Meghalaya border after the Dec 12 deadly assault on Hadi in Dhaka, the STF mentioned. They’d ceaselessly modified hideouts in India earlier than reaching Bongaon, from the place they wished to return to Bangladesh.
Hadi, who was the spokesperson for Inqilab Mancha, was critically wounded after being shot and airlifted to Singapore for therapy. He died on Dec 18. The 33-yearold’s homicide in the midst of a ballot marketing campaign in Bangladesh triggered violence and arson throughout the nation.Hadi, who was a lecturer within the division of enterprise research at College of Students, a non-public college in Dhaka, had campaigned for the banning of Hasina’s Awami League and demanded restructuring of treaties with India to make sure what he termed “justice-based sovereignty”.The Bengal STF issued an announcement saying it carried out an operation based mostly on “secret and credible info” that led to the arrest of the 2 Bangladeshis. “Throughout preliminary interrogation, it was revealed that Faisal Karim Masud, together with Alamgir Hossain, had dedicated the homicide of Osman Hadi,” the assertion mentioned.The STF mentioned they’d details about the unlawful entry of Faisal and Alamgir into India.The STF assertion mentioned the 2 “had been making an attempt to take shelter within the border space of Bongaon with the intention of crossing again into Bangladesh when a possibility arises.Performing on this info, a raid was carried out, and two Bangladeshi nationals had been intercepted, specifically Faisal Karim Masud, a resident of Patuakhali, Bangladesh, and Alamgir Hossain, a resident of Dhaka, from the realm of Bongaon within the morning hours of Sunday.”“A case has been registered beneath the Foreigners Act. A Bongaon court docket despatched them to police custody,” mentioned Indrajit Sarkar, superintendent of police (operations), Bengal STF.Director-general (Bengal STF) Jawed Shamim mentioned: “We are going to act in response to court docket directives.”Sources mentioned central businesses have been knowledgeable in regards to the arrest.Dhaka police had earlier arrested a number of people who had allegedly helped Faisal and Alamgir flee the nation. Amongst these held had been Faisal’s spouse and shut family members.In Dec, Meghalaya Police and Border Safety Pressure had denied claims that Faisal and Alamgir had been traced within the northeastern state and that their associates had been detained there.
