Bangladesh: Anti-India propaganda on Hadi killing falls flat, suspect posts comment on social media with photo
By Our Correspondent
Agartala, December 31, 2025
In a new and bizarre twist to the Bangladeshi student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's murder case on December 12, the prime accused, Faisal Karim Masud, has publicly denied any role in the killing, claiming he was in Dubai, contradicting Bangladesh police's allegations about his presence in India. In a viral video message,Masud insisted he did not kill Hadi, claiming a radical political group was behind the attack.
Sources from Dhaka said that Masud accepted that he had indeed called at Hadi's office before the shooting but insisted his relationship with the ‘Inqilab Mancha’spokesperson was strictly business-related. The video message has sparked fresh debate and uncertainty over what really happened."I am Faisal Karim Masud. I want to state clearly that I am not involved in the murder of Hadi in any way. This case is completely false and based on a fabricated conspiracy," Masud said in the message in social media.
"Because of this false implication, I was forced to leave the country and come to Dubai. I came here with great difficulty, even though I held a valid five-year multiple-entry Dubai visa," he added.Hours after the location of Osman Hadi's killer exposed, now Faisal Karim Masud, one of the key accused, in a video message said. he is currently in Dubai and has no involvement in the killing.
The suspected killer further claimed his family was being falsely implicated in this case and is being severely harassed and tortured, despite being completely innocent. "They have no involvement whatsoever. This kind of inhumane treatment of my family is unjust and unacceptable, and I strongly protest against it," he said. Elaborating on his ties with Hadi, Masud said, "Yes, I did go to Hadi's office. I am a businessman; I own an IT firm, and I was previously employed at the Ministry of Finance. I went to meet Hadi regarding a job opportunity. He promised to arrange the job and asked for an advance payment" Masud said.
"Accordingly, I gave him 500,000 taka. He also asked me to donate to his various programmes, and I provided funds whenever he requested. Just last Friday, I gave him money for one of his programmes," he added.
Masud further accused Jamaat of Hadi's murder. He said that the student leader was "a product of Jamaat" and he was killed by "Jamaati elements".
"This incident is the work of Jamaat. Neither I nor my younger brother was on that motorcycle, and we have been deliberately framed. My family is suffering unjustly. This level of harassment is deeply disturbing and unacceptable" Masud added.
Bangladeshi police previously said two accused in Osman Hadi's murder – Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh – fled the country and entered India through the Meghalaya border, where they are currently. Bangladeshi media reports alleged the accused escaped to India through the Haluaghat border in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district and are currently present in India. The government of India has, however, strongly rejected the allegations that the attackers had any connection with India. India maintains that the claim was a false narrative sought to be created by extremist elements regarding the assassination attempt on Hadi.
Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of Bangladesh's student uprising last year, was shot in the head by masked gunmen on December 12 in Dhaka. Six days later, he died at a Singapore hospital. He rose to prominence during last year's student-led protests that led to the end of Sheikh Hasina's rule in Bangladesh.
After Hadi's death, mobs in Dhaka staged mayhem, setting alight the main offices of mass circulation newspapers Prothom Alo and Daily Star and two progressive cultural groups, Chhayanat and Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, in Dhaka. A Hindu factory worker was also lynched by a mob in central Mymensingh.
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