Highlights
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Independent Dhaka-8 candidate Osman Hadi is in critical condition after being shot.
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Doctors confirm a bullet remains inside his head, near the ear.
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Hadi had previously reported receiving multiple death threats from local and foreign numbers.
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) have provided the latest update on the condition of Sharif Osman Hadi, the independent candidate for Dhaka-8 in the 13th National Election and spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho.
On Friday (12 December) afternoon, DMCH Emergency Department’s Residential Surgeon Dr Mostaq Ahmed informed the media that a bullet is lodged inside Hadi’s head. Dr Ahmed said,
‘হাদিকে যখন জরুরি বিভাগে নিয়ে আসা হয়, তার অবস্থা খুবই আশঙ্কাজনক ছিল। পরে তাকে সিপিআর দেওয়া হয়। এখন একটু প্রেসার ভালো আছে। তবে তার মাথার ভেতরে গুলি আছে, কানের আশপাশে গুলি লেগেছে।’
Translation:“When Hadi was brought to the emergency unit, his condition was extremely critical. CPR was administered immediately. His blood pressure has improved slightly now. However, a bullet remains inside his head, and he was shot near his ear.”
Earlier at around 2:20 PM, unidentified assailants shot Sharif Osman Hadi in the Bijoynagar Water Tank area of the capital.
Misbah, who rescued Hadi and brought him to the hospital, told the media,
‘জুমার নামাজ পড়ে মতিঝিল বিজয়নগর কালভার্ট এলাকা দিয়ে রিকশায় করে যাওয়ার সময় দুজন মোটরসাইকেলে এসে গুলি চালায়। এতে গুলিটি তার বাঁ কানের নিচে লাগে। গুলি করেই তারা পালিয়ে যায়। এরপর ওসমান হাদিকে রিকশায় করে হাসপাতালে নেওয়া হয়।
Translation:“After finishing Juma prayer, we were passing through the Motijheel-Bijoynagar culvert area in a rickshaw. Two men on a motorcycle appeared and opened fire. The bullet hit him below his left ear. They fled immediately. We then took him to the hospital by rickshaw.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said,
এখনো বিস্তারিত আমরা জানতে পারিনি। তবে প্রাথমিকভাবে জানতে পেরেছি, উনি রিকশায় করে যাচ্ছিলেন। এ সময় মোটরসাইকেল আসা আরোহীরা তাকে গুলি করে।
Translation:“We still don’t have the full details. But preliminary information suggests he was traveling in a rickshaw when motorcycle-riding attackers shot him.”
Hadi had earlier stated that he had received death threats. Last November, he reportedly received various threats from 30 different local and international phone numbers.
On 14 November, he wrote in a Facebook post that he had been threatened with murder, arson attacks on his house, and even threats of rape against his mother, sister, and wife.
Source: Bangladesh Times
