A Dhaka court has once again postponed the submission date for the further investigation report in the murder case of Inquilab Moncho convener Sharif Osman Bin Hadi. On Thursday, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam set April 19 as the new date after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to submit the report as scheduled. The report was originally due today, but the court extended the deadline following the CID’s request. The submission date has been deferred multiple times before.

The case was filed at Paltan Police Station after Hadi was shot on December 12 in Dhaka’s Box Culvert Road area, a day after he announced his independent candidacy for the Dhaka-8 constituency in the 13th national election. He died on December 18 while receiving treatment in Singapore, and the case was later converted from an attempted murder to a murder case.

Earlier, the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police had submitted a charge sheet against 17 accused, including Faisal Karim Masud, on January 6. Following the plaintiff’s objection, the court ordered the CID to conduct further investigation.