A Dhaka court on Wednesday set 20 August for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit a report on its further investigation into the high-profile murder of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order after the CID failed to submit the report on the scheduled date.

On 15 January 2026, the court ordered the CID to carry out a further investigation after the complainant expressed dissatisfaction with the probe and filed a naraji petition challenging the charge sheet submitted by the Detective Branch (DB) of police.

DB Inspector Foysal Ahmed submitted the charge sheet on 6 January against 17 accused, including alleged shooter Foysal Karim Masud and his parents, Humayun Kabir and Hashi Begum.

According to the case statement, Foysal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain opened fire on Hadi while he was travelling in a battery-powered auto-rickshaw on 12 December 2025, before fleeing the scene.

Inqilab Mancha Member Secretary Abdullah Al Zaber filed the case with Paltan Model Police Station on 14 December.

On 20 December, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Siddiq Azad ordered the inclusion of Section 302 (murder) of the Penal Code in the case, which had initially been filed as one of attempted murder, following Hadi's death on 18 December.