Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor, participated in Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi’s namaj-e-janaza this afternoon at the Sangsad Bhaban’s South Plaza.
Senior government officials, advisors to the interim administration, and hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life participated in his janaza and prayed for Shaheed Hadi’s soul to be forgiven.
The namaj-e-janaza was given by Hadi’s older brother, Mawlana Dr. Abu Bakar Siddique.
Prior to Prof. Yunus’s speech, Religious Affairs Advisor A F M Khalid Hossain spoke and recited Shaheed Hadi’s biography.
Inqilab Mancha Member Secretary Abdullah Al Zaber spoke on the occasion as well.
The South Plaza of the Sangsad Bhaban and the entire Manik Mia Avenue witnessed a mixed scenario of emotion and resistance as some of the people broke into tears for Hadi while others were chanting slogans against fascism and hegemony as well as demanding trial for Hadi killing.
Sharif Osman Hadi, the fearless frontline fighter of the July Uprising and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, was shot on December 12 while he was on a battery-run auto-rickshaw in the city’s Paltan area.
He was immediately rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and later shifted to Evercare Hospital on the same day as his condition deteriorated.
On December 15, Hadi was taken to Singapore by air ambulance for better treatment, where he succumbed to his bullet injuries on Thursday night, casting a shadow of grief over the entire nation.
Hadi, also an aspiring independent candidate for Dhaka-8, is regarded as “an immortal soldier of the struggle against fascism and hegemony”.
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