Dhaka Metropolitan Police DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md. Sajjat Ali said that measures are being taken regarding the safety of candidates in the national elections. He said this in response to reporters after the annual general meeting of the retired police officer Kalyan Samiti at Rajarbagh Police Lines Auditorium in the capital on Saturday.
When asked about the attack on Osman Hadi, the MP candidate of Dhaka-8 Constituency and Spokesperson of Inkilab Manch, he said that we are taking measures to ensure the safety of the candidates.
When asked about the traumatized by those who attacked Osman Hadi, he said, ‘We are looking for a crime target. It has not been 24 hours yet. I hope we can detect it.’
When asked how many people are with this cycle, he said, ‘Nothing can be said right now. We are looking for the target.’
When asked about the name of the accused, he said, ‘The name cannot be said now. We are looking for him. We have sought the cooperation of the people."
‘One person has been identified in the shooting incident on Osman Hadi. Work is underway to bring him under the law. I am not mentioning the name of the identifier right now for the sake of investigation.’
On Friday afternoon, the 13th National Assembly election and the schedule of the referendum, the box culvert of Bijanagar in the capital was fired on a potential independent candidate and Inkilab Manch spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and then to Everke Hospital on Friday.
The description of the witnesses and CCTV footage of the witnesses, two people including Hadith, were going to a battery-powered rickshaw; then the miscreants on the motorcycle shot him and ran.‘
The terrorist attack is rife with protests in the country, political parties, election monitoring institutions and civil society have expressed their strong condemnation, anger and protest. They say that the attack is not only targeting a candidate, but rather an attempt to robust the country's democratic progress and electoral environment. In order to protest the attack, there were blockades, torch marches, protests and protest rallies were held in different parts of the country yesterday.
