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Law Adviser Asif Nazrul yesterday said the murder case of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a frontline activist of the July uprising, will be tried under the Speedy Trial Tribunal to ensure swift justice.

Meanwhile, Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said progress had been made in the investigation and that law enforcers were making all-out efforts to arrest the prime accused, Faisal Karim Masud.

In a Facebook post, Asif said the case would be tried under the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act, 2002. Under Section 10 of the law, the trial must be completed within a maximum of 90 days after submission of the police report, he added.

Hadi was shot a day after the Election Commission announced on December 12 that the next national election would be held on February 12. He was airlifted to Singapore for advanced treatment, where he died on the night of December 18.

His death sparked widespread outrage and calls for prompt and exemplary punishment of those responsible.

After a meeting on the law and order situation at the Secretariat, the home adviser said the government is giving the case the highest priority and warned that no one involved would be spared.

Jahangir said joint forces comprising police, Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guard Bangladesh arrested 10 people, including the prime suspect’s wife, his parents and brother-in-law, and the owner of the motorcycle used in the murder. Law enforcers also recovered He 2,000

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