Osman Hadi’s janaza to be led by elder brother

The janaza of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi will be held on Saturday (20 December) at 2 pm at Manik Mia Avenue. The namaz will be led by Hadi's elder brother Abu Bakar Siddique.

The matter has been confirmed by neurosurgery department doctor of Dhaka Medical College (DMC) Hospital and member-secretary of National Health Alliance (NHA) Dr. Md. Abdul Ahad. He said the janaza namaz of martyr Osman Hadi will be led by his elder brother Abu Bakar Siddique. Burial will take place beside the grave of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

From the Chief Adviser's press wing, it has been said the janaza of martyr Osman Hadi will be held at 2 pm on Saturday at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The government has also attached several conditions for participating in Osman Hadi's janaza.

Earlier, on Thursday (18 December) night, Osman Hadi's death was announced on his verified Facebook page as well. In the post given at 9:44 pm, it was written, ‘Allah has accepted great revolutionary Osman Hadi as a martyr in confronting Indian hegemony.’

On Friday (19 December) around 5:45 pm, Osman Hadi's body arrived in Dhaka. The body was taken to the morgue from the airport. After janaza on Saturday, it will be buried beside poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at Dhaka University, Inqilab Moncho said.

For context, Sharif Osman Hadi was shot on 12 December after Juma prayers in Box Culvert area of Bijoynagar in Dhaka. He was born in 1993. A political activist and speaker of the country, he was known as spokesperson of political-cultural organisation Inqilab Moncho formed after the July mass uprising. He had announced to contest from Dhaka-8 constituency in the thirteenth national parliament election.