After Hadi’s Aides Threaten Bangladesh Poll Boycott, Yunus Govt Announces Fast-Track Trial

Last Updated:December 22, 2025, 15:25 IST

Bangladesh’s interim govt announced a fast-track trial for Sharif Osman Hadi’s murder after Inquilab Mancha threatened to disrupt elections unless justice is served before polling.

Hadi’s aides warned interim chief Muhammad Yunus that elections would not be allowed without justice in the killing. (IMAGE: REUTERS/X)

Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday announced a fast-track trial in the murder of activist Sharif Osman Hadi, hours after leaders of Inquilab Mancha threatened to derail the country’s next election unless justice was delivered before polling.

At a press conference in front of the Museum at Shahbagh, Inquilab Mancha member secretary Abdullah Al Jaber warned that no election would be acceptable without a completed trial in Hadi’s killing, declaring that the movement would take to the streets if the demand was ignored.

Osman Hadi, a key organiser of the so-called July uprising and convener of Inquilab Mancha, was shot by unidentified assailants on December 12 on Box Culvert Road in Dhaka’s Paltan area. He was airlifted to Singapore for treatment and died on December 18.

YUNUS THREATENED BY INQUILAB MANCHA

“No election before justice," Jaber said, adding that the platform would announce its next course of action following a protest march from Shahbagh to the Central Shaheed Minar later in the day. He said the programme would determine whether Inquilab Mancha continued to support the interim administration or launched a broader movement against it.

Referring to interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus, Jaber said the Bangladeshi people had entrusted him with safeguarding the country’s freedom and sovereignty. While Yunus had expressed sympathy for Hadi at his funeral, Jaber said he had failed to spell out what steps would be taken to ensure justice.

“Before rushing into elections and then leaving, he must tell the people who made him helpless," Jaber said. “Justice must come first. Then elections. No election before that."

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