Two primary suspects in the murder of Osman Hadi have fled to India through Haluaghat border in Mymensingh, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said on Sunday.
Addressing a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre, Additional Commissioner SN Nazrul Islam said the suspects, Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh, crossed into the Indian state of Meghalaya with the help of local associates.
"According to our information, the suspects entered India via the Haluaghat border. After crossing, they were initially received by an individual named Purti. Later, a taxi driver named Sami transported them to Tura city in Meghalaya," the DMP official said.
He added that the police have received informal reports suggesting that the two individuals who assisted the fugitives, Purti and Sami, have since been detained by authorities in India.
Nazrul said the Bangladesh government is actively working to bring the suspects back.
"We are maintaining communication with Indian authorities through both formal and informal channels to ensure their arrest and extradition," he said.
Earlier on Saturday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Sajjat Ali said, the charge sheet in the murder case of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, will be submitted by January 7.
“We have already arrested 10 suspects involved in the Hadi murder and are working to arrest others who were behind the killing,” he said while addressing protesters at Shahbagh in the capital.
The DMP chief also said police have made significant progress in the investigation but declined to disclose details in the interest of the ongoing probe.
Protests demanding justice for Sharif Osman bin Hadi continued for the second consecutive day at Shahbagh in the capital on Saturday.
Protesters, including women and children, joined the demonstration and chanted various slogans.
Similar protest rallies were also held in different parts of the country, including the New Market area in Chattogram.
Osman Hadi, who was also a prospective candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in the head on December 12 while travelling in a rickshaw on Culvert Road in Purana Paltan.
He was later airlifted to Singapore for advanced treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries on the night of December 18.
