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Who is Faisal Karim Masud, the main suspect in the killing of Bangladesh’s Osman Hadi?

December 22, 2025

Trending:US-Venezuela tensionsIndia U-19 vs Pak U-19Epstein filesBangladesh unrestUkraine peace planMrs Deshpande review2025: The Year in ReviewWho is Faisal Karim Masud, the main suspect in the killing of Bangladesh’s Osman Hadi?FP Explainers • December 22, 2025, 13:36:54 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitterInvestigations into the killing of Bangladesh’s student leader, Sharif Osman Hadi, have revealed the main suspect to be 32-year-old Faisal Karim Masud. On the run, he is believed to be a former leader of Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami LeagueAdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleChoose Firstpost on GoogleA mourner holds Bangladesh's national flag during the funeral of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Dhaka on December 20, after two days of violent protests over his killing. Huge crowds accompanied the funeral procession of Hadi, a key figure in last year's pro-democracy uprising who died in a hospital in Singapore on December 18 after being shot by masked gunmen while leaving a Dhaka mosque.

apore on December 18 after being shot by masked gunmen while leaving a Dhaka mosque. AFP

Credit: A mourner holds Bangladesh's national flag during the funeral of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Dhaka on December 20, after two days of violent protests over his killing. Huge crowds accompanied the funeral procession of Hadi, a key figure in last year's pro-democracy uprising who died in a hospital in Sing

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AFPBangladesh is in the grips of chaos.
And there’s one man allegedly to blame — Faisal Karim Masud.
Authorities have named Masud as the main accused in the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi and issued a nationwide lookout notice as well as a travel ban on him. At a meeting held on Sunday (December 21), representatives from police headquarters, the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DMP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said they are making “maximum efforts” to apprehend Masud. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADHowever, they had no “specific information” on the whereabouts of the prime suspect.
“We do not have specific information about Faisal’s last location.
Our forces and intelligence agencies are working to obtain it,” said Bangladesh’s Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khandaker Rafiqul Islam, adding that there was no reliable information suggesting the suspect had left the country. More from Explainers Why has the Yunus govt summoned the Indian envoy over pre-poll shooting in Bangladesh?

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Who is Faisal Karim Masud, the main suspect in the killing of Bangladesh’s Osman Hadi?

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