Motorcycle used in attack on Osman Hadi identified; registered owner detained
The man, identified as Abdul Hannan, has been handed over to Paltan Police Station.
Law enforcement agencies have identified the motorcycle used in Friday's gun attack on Inqilab Mancha leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained one person on suspicion, believed to be the registered owner of the motorcycle, and handed him over to police.
Abdul Hannan, 43, the owner of the motorcycle used in the attack, was handed over to Paltan Police Station, RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director Wing Commander MZM Intekhab Chowdhury confirmed on Sunday (14 December).
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The registration number of the motorcycle is Dhaka Metro-L-54-6375.
The RAB official told The Business Standard that Abdul Hannan was picked up from Mohammadpur in the capital on 13 December. During initial interrogation, he admitted that the motorcycle was his.
He also said when questioned about who used the motorcycle during the incident and for what purpose, Abdul Hannan provided misleading information.
He was later handed over to police as a suspect in the attempted murder. Legal action is underway against the detained suspect.
Earlier, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) released a photograph of Faisal Karim Masud, also known as Daud Khan, and sought information from the public following the attack.
Osman Hadi, an aspiring independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency in the upcoming polls, is currently undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. He has not yet been declared out of danger.
The shooting took place at around 2:24pm on Friday in the Old Paltan area of the capital. An assailant fired at Osman Hadi from a motorcycle that had been following him from behind while he was travelling in a battery-powered rickshaw.
He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) emergency department following the attack and taken to the operating theatre at around 3:50pm.
Later, around 7:30pm, after surgery, he was transferred to Evercare Hospital for advanced treatment.
Dr Zahid Raihan, head of the Neurosurgery Department at DMCH, told reporters that Hadi's condition was "extremely critical."
Paltan Police Station, along with RAB, the Detective Branch (DB) and other police units, are conducting investigations and operations to identify and arrest those involved in the attack.
