{"id":38068,"date":"2025-12-20T19:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=38068"},"modified":"2025-12-20T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:39:31","slug":"tens-of-thousands-attend-funeral-of-killed-bangladesh-student-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/tens-of-thousands-attend-funeral-of-killed-bangladesh-student-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands attend funeral of killed Bangladesh student leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DHAKA, Dec 20:<\/strong> Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday for the funeral of a student leader, after two days of violent protests over his killing.<\/p>\n

Huge crowds accompanied the funeral procession of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in last year’s pro-democracy uprising who died in a hospital in Singapore on Thursday after being shot by masked gunmen while leaving a Dhaka mosque.<\/p>\n

Police wearing body cameras were deployed in front of the parliament building where the funeral prayers were held.<\/p>\n

Hadi’s body, which was brought to the capital on Friday, was buried at the central mosque of Dhaka University.<\/p>\n

“We have not come here to say goodbye,” interim leader Muhammad Yunus said in an emotional speech.<\/p>\n

“You are in our hearts and you will remain in the heart of all Bangladeshis as long as the country exists.”<\/p>\n

Hadi, 32, was an outspoken critic of India and was set to contest the general elections in February.<\/p>\n

Iqbal Hossain Saikot, a government employee who travelled from afar to attend the prayers, said Hadi was killed because he staunchly opposed India.<\/p>\n

He will continue to live “among the millions of Bangladeshi people who love the land and its sovereign territory”, Saikot, 34, told AFP.<\/p>\n

Hadi’s death has triggered widespread unrest, with protesters across the South Asian nation demanding the arrest of those responsible.<\/p>\n

Late Thursday, people set fire to several buildings in Dhaka including the offices of leading newspapers Prothom Alo and the Daily Star.<\/p>\n

Critics accuse the publications of favouring neighbouring India, where Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has taken refuge since fleeing Dhaka in the wake of the 2024 uprising.<\/p>\n

Rights group Amnesty International on Saturday urged Bangladesh’s interim government to carry out “prompt, thorough, independent and impartial” investigations into Hadi’s killing and the violence that followed.<\/p>\n

It also expressed alarm over the lynching of Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das following allegations of blasphemy.<\/p>\n

Yunus said seven suspects had been arrested in connection with Das’s killing in the central district of Mymensingh on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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