BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman Pays Respects At Osman Hadi’s Grave Amid Tight Security

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and other leaders at Sharif Osman Hadi’s funeral.

In one of his key public engagements since returning to the country, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday paid his respects at the grave of Sharif Osman Hadi, a youth leader whose murder sparked widespread protests in the country.

The 60-year-old BNP leader also offered prayers at the grave of Bangladesh’s national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, located beside the Dhaka University Central Mosque, reported The Daily Star. Hadi was buried beside the grave of Nazrul Islam on December 20.

Traffic for both vehicles and pedestrians was halted on both sides of the road from Shahbagh towards Dhaka University during the visit, while members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police were deployed along the route, as per local media.

Hadi, a spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho, was shot dead earlier this month in an attack that has heightened political tensions ahead of national elections scheduled for February. He was a prominent figure of the July 2024 uprising that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government last year.