Sharif Osman Hadi, a prospective independent candidate for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha, was shot in the capital’s Bijaynagar Box Culvert area on Friday afternoon and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with serious injuries, according to police and witnesses.
Mohammad Rafi, who was traveling in a rickshaw behind Hadi, said the pair had just finished Friday prayers and were heading toward the High Court when two men on a motorcycle “rode up and opened fire at Hadi bhai before speeding away.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman said the attack occurred at about 2:25 p.m., when “unknown assailants on a motorcycle fired at Hadi,” adding that officers are conducting inquiries at the scene.
Photographs from the hospital showed supporters gathering outside the emergency department. Further details on Hadi’s condition were not immediately available.
No arrests had been announced at the time of filing. Police urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact investigators.