The parents of prime suspect Foysal Karim Masud in the case lodged over the attempted murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi on Wednesday gave confessional statements before a court.
Md Humayun Kabir, 70, and Hashi Begum, 60, gave their statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Monirul Islam recorded their statements and sent them back to jail.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the couple from the Hasnabad area of South Keraniganj on December 16.
Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent parliamentary candidate for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, was shot on December 12 in the capital’s Bijoynagar Box Culvert area.
According to the case statement, two assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire on Hadi while he was travelling in a battery-run rickshaw and then fled the scene. Inqilab Moncho member secretary Abdullah Al Zaber filed the case with Paltan Model Police Station on December 14.
