Govt to take responsibility for Hadi's wife, only child: CA

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the government will take responsibility for the wife and only child of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi, who passed away on Thursday night while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital.

"The government will take responsibility for the wife and only child of Shaheed Osman Hadi," he said while addressing the nation tonight.

Hadi, the fearless frontline fighter of the July Uprising and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, breathed his last after battling for his life for six days.

"Today, I came before you with very heartbreaking news. Sharif Osman Hadi, the fearless frontline fighter of the July Uprising and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, is no more among us. Singapore's Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan informed me of the matter over the phone a few minutes ago," Prof Yunus said in his address.

He expressed profound shock and sorrow at the untimely demise of Hadi and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family, relatives and colleagues.

Urging the countrymen to pray for eternal peace of the departed soul of Shaheed Hadi, the Chief Adviser said, "May the Almighty Allah accept this immortal soldier of the struggle against fascism and hegemony as a martyr. We all pray this together."

Hadi, also an aspiring independent candidate for Dhaka-8, was shot on December 12 while he was on a battery-run auto-rickshaw in the city's Paltan area.