The Chittagong University teachers’ group Sada Dal has strongly condemned what it described as a brutal and inhumane police attack on members of the cultural organization Inquilab Mancha. The incident occurred on February 6 in Dhaka’s Shahbagh and Jamuna areas, where the family of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi and Inquilab Mancha activists were holding a peaceful protest demanding justice for Hadi’s killing. In a statement signed by acting convener Professor Dr. Shahadat Hossain and acting joint convener Professor Dr. Akhtar Hossain, the group called the assault a repetition of old fascist behavior.

The statement noted that Osman Hadi was shot in Dhaka’s Paltan area on December 12 of the previous year and died on December 18 in Singapore. Nearly two months later, the main planners and instigators of the killing remain unarrested, and the investigation shows no visible progress. Sada Dal said this lack of justice undermines the spirit of the August uprising and raises questions about the interim government’s accountability.

The group issued four demands to the interim government, including a UN human rights proposal, public disclosure of the police investigation, arrests of the masterminds, and a meeting between the chief adviser, the martyr’s family, and Inquilab Mancha leaders.