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Lakhs of people attended the funeral of a pioneer on Saturday Bangladeshi The activist who died after being shot in an attack Dhaka Earlier this month, political tension prevailed in the country ahead of elections.
Sharif Osman Hadi, who took part in last year’s political uprising that killed former prime minister Sheikh HasinaHe died in a hospital during his 15-year rule Singapore Thursday after being shot on December 12 Dhaka,
Police They said they have identified the suspects and that the shooter may have fled the scene. IndiaWhere Hasina has been in exile. This incident sparked a new diplomatic dispute India and indicated New Delhi To summon Bangladesh’s envoy this week. Bangladesh also summoned the Indian ambassador Dhaka,
Security I was tight Dhaka When the funeral prayers were held outside the country on Saturday Parliament Complex.
Hadi’s body was returned on Friday night and Saturday was declared a national day of mourning.
Hadi was a spokesman for the Inquilab Moncho culture group, which said he would be buried Dhaka University campus next to the country’s national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
The mourners carried Bangladeshi flags and chanted slogans such as “We will become Hadi, we will keep fighting decade after decade”, and “We will not let Hadi’s blood go in vain”.
News of his death on Thursday evening sparked violence, with groups of protesters attacking and setting fire to the offices of two major national dailies. interim leader of the country, Nobel Peace Prize award winner Muhammad YunusHas urged people to remain calm.
Hadi was a harsh critic of both neighbors India And Hasina, who has been in exile since August 5, 2024, when she fled Bangladesh. Hadi had planned to contest the election as an independent candidate in a key constituency Dhaka In the next national election in February.
Bangladesh is undergoing a significant transformation under the leadership of Yunus in an effort to return to democracy through the upcoming elections. But the government has banned Hasina Awami League Party, which is one of the two major political parties.
Hasina’s arch rival, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia‘S Bangladesh Nationalist Party, The second major party is expected to form the next government. Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest islamic The party, with a dark history dating back to the country’s independence struggle in 1971, is leading the alliance to carve out a larger political space in the absence of Hasina’s party and its allies.
But Hasina has been sentenced to death on charges of crimes against humanity. India The Yunus-led government has not responded to repeated requests for his extradition.